Simula
E72066
general-purpose programming language
high-level programming language
object-oriented programming language
procedural programming language
programming language
simulation programming language
Simula is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s that pioneered object-oriented programming concepts such as classes and objects.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simula canonical | 17 |
| Simula 67 | 4 |
| Simula I | 3 |
| Simula programming language | 2 |
| Simula 67 Common Base Language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T575184 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simula Context triple: [C++, influencedBy, Simula]
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A.
Algol 68
Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
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B.
BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
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C.
ALGOL 60
ALGOL 60 is an early high-level programming language that pioneered block structure and lexical scoping, profoundly influencing the design of many later languages.
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D.
UCSD p-System
UCSD p-System is a portable operating system and programming environment based on the Pascal language and p-code virtual machine, widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s across multiple hardware platforms.
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E.
Smalltalk
Smalltalk is an influential object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language and environment known for pioneering many concepts in modern software development, including graphical user interfaces and integrated development environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simula Target entity description: Simula is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s that pioneered object-oriented programming concepts such as classes and objects.
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A.
Algol 68
Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
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B.
BCPL
BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is an early, typeless systems programming language developed in the 1960s that significantly influenced the design of the C programming language.
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C.
ALGOL 60
ALGOL 60 is an early high-level programming language that pioneered block structure and lexical scoping, profoundly influencing the design of many later languages.
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D.
UCSD p-System
UCSD p-System is a portable operating system and programming environment based on the Pascal language and p-code virtual machine, widely used in the late 1970s and early 1980s across multiple hardware platforms.
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E.
Smalltalk
Smalltalk is an influential object-oriented, dynamically typed programming language and environment known for pioneering many concepts in modern software development, including graphical user interfaces and integrated development environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
general-purpose programming language
ⓘ
high-level programming language ⓘ object-oriented programming language ⓘ procedural programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ simulation programming language ⓘ |
| basedOn | ALGOL 60 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Kristen Nygaard
ⓘ
Ole-Johan Dahl ⓘ |
| designedFor | discrete event simulation ⓘ |
| developedAt | Norwegian Computing Center ⓘ |
| developedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| earlierVersion |
Simula I
ⓘ
linked to:
Simula
|
| executionModel | compiled ⓘ |
| hasParadigm |
imperative
ⓘ
object-oriented ⓘ procedural ⓘ |
| influenced |
Beta (programming language)
ⓘ
C# ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
C++ ⓘ Eiffel (programming language) ⓘ
linked to:
Eiffel programming language
Java ⓘ Object Pascal ⓘ
linked to:
Delphi (programming language)
Smalltalk ⓘ discrete event simulation languages ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | simulation of operations research models ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
class
ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ object ⓘ virtual procedure ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first language with classes and objects
ⓘ
pioneering object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| primaryDomain | simulation ⓘ |
| standardizedAs |
Simula 67
ⓘ
linked to:
Simula
|
| supportsConcept |
block structure
ⓘ
class ⓘ coroutine ⓘ discrete event simulation ⓘ inheritance ⓘ object ⓘ process ⓘ subclassing ⓘ virtual method ⓘ |
| usedFor | discrete event simulation of systems ⓘ |
| yearIntroduced |
1962 (Simula I)
ⓘ
1967 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Simula Description of subject: Simula is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s that pioneered object-oriented programming concepts such as classes and objects.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Simula
linked to: Simula
linked to: Simula
linked to: Simula
linked to: Simula
linked to: Simula
linked to: Simula
linked to: Simula
linked to: Simula
linked to: Simula
subject linked to:
Algorithmic Language