The type/object distinction and possible synthesis of OOP and imperative programming languages

[Chris Rebert]

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:40 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:38:29 -0700, Mark Janssen wrote:
<snip>
> >   (Note this contrasts starkly with Java(script), which doesn't seem
> > to be based on anything -- can anyone clarify where Java actually comes
> > from?)
>
> C.

"Influenced by: Ada 83, C++, C#, Eiffel, Generic Java, Mesa, Modula-3,
Oberon, Objective-C, UCSD Pascal, Smalltalk"
"Categories: C programming language family | [...]"
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)

Sincerely,
Chris
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