This dimension names the earlier language that a specific programming language was directly influenced by or replaced. Wikipedia notes that "modern languages often hide hardware details via abstraction in an effort to enable better software with less effort" than the languages that came before them. Browsing this way traces a language back to the predecessor it grew out of.
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Era of Emergence Predecessor
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1. Wikipedia: Object-oriented programming
WikipediaObject-oriented programming, History sectionQuote, Object-oriented programming, History section
Meanwhile, in Norway, Simula was developed during the years 1961-1967.
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