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Simula

Programming language

Softwareprogramming language simulation language object-based languageQ212569

Developer: Kristen Nygaard
Founded: 1962
Latest version: Standard SIMULA
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1.portablesimula.github.io/github.io/
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, Simula I
, Simula 67
Operating system: Unix-like operating system
, Microsoft Windows
, z/OS
+2 more

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Simula is the name of two simulation programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67, developed in the 1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo, by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard. Syntactically, it is an approximate superset of ALGOL 60, and was also influenced by the design of SIMSCRIPT.

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Influenced by: ALGOL 60
SIMSCRIPT
Designed by: Ole-Johan Dahl
Programming paradigm: object-oriented programming
procedural programming
imperative programming
structured programming
Typing discipline: static typing
nominative typing
Named after: simulation language

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