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Simula

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, : 1.3.1 and was also influenced by the design of SIMSCRIPT.

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Designed by
Ole-Johan Dahl
Developer
Kristen Nygaard
Family
ALGOL
First appeared
1962; 64 years ago (1962)
Implementation language
ALGOL 60 (mostly) SIMSCRIPT (some parts)
OS
Unix-like, Windows, z/OS, TOPS-10, MVS

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Simula

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples61
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
Components1

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Simula

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related to history · 10
Simula → ALGOL, By May, Jan Rune Holmevik's, January, Kristen Nygaard, Nygaard, Ole-Johan Dahl, Shortly, The, To
related to Simulation · 7
Simula → Andy, Each, Sally, Sam, Simula's, They, This
related to Classes, subclasses and virtual procedures · 6
Simula → Calling, CharandLine, Glyph, The, There, This
related to Further reading · 6
Simula → Alfred Waller Ltd, An Introduction, ISBN, Pooley, Programming, Rob
related to Sources · 6
Simula → Compiler, Historical Documentation, IBM System, Peter, Sylvester, The Simula Standard
related to Call by name · 5
Simula → ALGOL, Another, However, Jensen's Device, The
related to External links · 3
Simula → GitHub, Official, Portable Simula Revisited
related to Minimal program · 3
Simula → However, It, The
related to Classic Hello world · 2
Simula → An, Hello
Designed by · 1
Simula → Ole-Johan Dahl

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nygaard simulation programming dahl language 67 program algol languages computer name object-oriented first univac virtual procedures subclasses main fitting room

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SimulaDesigned byOle-Johan Dahl1.00infobox
SimulaDeveloperKristen Nygaard1.00infobox
SimulaFamilyALGOL1.00infobox
SimulaFirst appeared1962; 64 years ago (1962)1.00infobox
SimulaImplementation languageALGOL 60 (mostly) SIMSCRIPT (some parts)1.00infobox
SimulaOSUnix-like, Windows, z/OS, TOPS-10, MVS1.00infobox
SimulaParadigmsMulti-paradigm: procedural, imperative, structured, object-oriented1.00infobox
SimulaScopeLexical1.00infobox
SimulaStable releaseSimula 67, Simula I1.00infobox
SimulaTyping disciplineStatic, nominative1.00infobox
SimulaWebsitewww.simula67.info1.00infobox
Simulais aname of two simulation programming languages0.90text

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