In terms of object-orientation, then Java, like C++, was not inspired by Smalltalk. Certainly aspects of Smalltalk's execution environment including VM, and sup

In terms of object-orientation, then Java, like C++, was not inspired by Smalltalk. Certainly aspects of Smalltalk's execution environment including VM, and supporting language libraries have been influential. According to James Gosling, Java's object model is entirely based on Simula (http://bit.ly/2xc1XTA http://bit.ly/2xc1XTA) and the concepts it introduced:- objects, classes, inheritance and virtual functions. Smalltalk's main differentiation in terms of object-orientation:- "messaging between objects, all the way down", is not reflected in major modern languages, other than perhaps Ruby.