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.