ACM SIGPLAN history of programming languages conference SIMULA language summary

  • Authors:
  • W. R. Franta

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Minnesota

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGPLAN Notices - Special issue: History of programming languages conference
  • Year:
  • 1978

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Abstract

SIMULA was conceived in the early sixties by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard of the Norwegian Computing Center [3 ]. The most prevalent version of the language today is SlMULA-67 [1]. SIMULA was designed for system description and system simulation. A system in this case is a collection of interdependent elements with a common goal [4]. A natural way to simulate a system is to describe the life cycle scenarios of its elements. This approach combines the local attributes of elements and the protocols for inter-element communication into a single structure. Elements may exist for the duration of the simulation or be created and destroyed during its course.