http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/articles/2006/10/05/simulee-simula-simulee-simu-la-ah-ah-ah en-us 40 In Ruby, it's not the dog, it's the tricks! <p>Recently, a certain &#8220;gentle-reader&#8221; questioned my statement in my &#8220;mini-memoir&#8221; that Simula lacked classes and inheritance.</p> <p>I stand by my guns. Simula (now known as Simula I) had neither. These were introduced by Simula-67 about five years later. It was Simula rather than Simula-67 which was one of the influences on Alan Kay&#8217;s early conception of Smalltalk.</p> <p>For more details, see my reply to &#8220;gentle reader&#8221; in the comments to <a href="http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/articles/2006/07/29/about-me">my mini-bio article.</a></p> Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:48:00 -0400 urn:uuid:ebad562b-18ad-4075-82cf-52a2f381fff5 Rick DeNatale http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/articles/2006/10/05/simulee-simula-simulee-simu-la-ah-ah-ah smalltalk OO simula class inheritance http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/articles/trackback/46