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James Gosling - Simula: a personal journey

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Programming language designHistory of computingSoftware architecture & design

What it is

James Gosling gives a personal talk at the 50th anniversary seminar of Simula about using the language from 1974 and how it shaped his thinking. He explains how Simula's object model and coroutines influenced the design of Java.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a first-hand source that Java's object model traces to Simula 67 rather than Smalltalk.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a more nuanced and impartial account of Simula by James Gosling, if you want to know more”

    Nuanced, impartial account of Simula by James Gosling

    seumars, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Christopher Alexander has died”

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Topics: simula, james gosling, java, object-oriented programming, programming history

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