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Re: Why “new”?

From	Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com>
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2011-02-05 15:07, Lew skrev:
> Lew wrote:
>>> Reference to the C++ spec sheds absolutely no light whatsoever on Java.
> 
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>> That’s where the term “virtual” comes from.
> 
> No, that is completely mistaken.  C++ adopted the term because it used
> the technique.  Smalltalk had it before C++.

I am sure Bjarne Stroustrup took "virtual" from SIMULA (67), which
preceded Smalltalk.He based C++ on C and SIMULA. I have heard him talk
about that.

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Re: Why “new”? "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2011-02-04 18:27 -0800
  Re: Why “new”? Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2011-02-05 18:04 +0100
  Re: Why “new”? "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> - 2011-02-05 02:49 -0800
    Re: Why “new”? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-05 09:14 -0500
  Re: Why “new”? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-02-05 20:42 +1300
    Re: Why “new”? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-06 20:46 -0500
    Re: Why “new”? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-02-05 10:38 -0500
  Re: Why “new”? jlp <jlp@jlp.com> - 2011-02-05 08:31 +0100
    Re: Why “new”? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-05 09:08 -0500
  Re: Why “new”? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-06 20:44 -0500
  Re: Why “new”? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-05 09:07 -0500
  Re: Why “new”? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-02-05 16:51 +1300
    Re: Why “new”? Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-02-04 23:06 -0500

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