Ole-Johan Dahl
Ole-Johan Dahl | |
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| Born | 12 October 1931 |
| Died | 29 June 2002 (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) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Norwegian Computing Center University of Oslo |
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.