> As a side effect, Simula was the first object-oriented language. No, Simula was the first language with objects; having objects does not make a language obje

> As a side effect, Simula was the first object-oriented language. No, Simula was the first language with objects; having objects does not make a language object oriented. Smalltalk was the first object oriented langauge, the object was the central metaphor upon which the entire language was built, unlike Simula which was a procedural language with objects grafted on. Kay made up the moniker object oriented to denote this distinction, the term literally exists to describe the difference between what Smalltalk was and what everything else was. It does not apply to Simula despite the persistence of this misunderstanding.