This dimension names the family of related languages that a specific programming language belongs to. Wikipedia notes that "the design of programming languages has been strongly influenced by computer architecture, with most imperative languages designed around the ubiquitous von Neumann architecture," a shared influence that ties many languages into the same lineage. Browsing this way moves between a language and its close relatives.
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1. Wikipedia: Simula
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As its name suggests, the first Simula version by 1962 was designed for doing simulations; Simula 67 though was designed to be a general-purpose programming language and provided the framework for many of the features of object-oriented languages today.
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