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jan 1, 1966 - Alan Kay coins the term OOP

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- Pronounces it as a word, like an accident without the s.
- “I made up the term ‘object-oriented’, and I can tell you I didn’t have C++ in mind.”
- inheritance and polymorphism were not considered essential

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jan 1, 1966
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~ 60 years ago