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Ole-Johan Dahl
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- Born
- 1931
- Works
- 6
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1931-10-12 ) 12 October 1931, Mandal, Norway
- Died
- 29 June 2002 (2002-06-29) (aged 70), Asker , Norway
- Education
- University of Oslo ( BS , MS )
- Known for
- Simula , Object-oriented programming
- Awards
- Turing Award (2001), IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2002)
- Fields
- Computer science
- Institutions
- Norwegian Computing Center , University of Oslo
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johan
- Family name
- Dahl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Mandal
- Place of death
- Asker
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Oslo
- Employer
- University of Oslo
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Simula
- Field of work
- computer science
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- date of birth
- 1931-10-12
- date of death
- 2002-06-29
- member of
- Academia Europaea
- Erdős number
- 5
- name in native language
- Ole-Johan Dahl
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Ole-Johan Dahl (12 October 1931 – 29 June 2002) was a Norwegian computer scientist. Dahl was a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along with Kristen Nygaard. In 2001, Dahl and Nygaard won the ACM Turing Award.
Career
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