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Re:An opinionated history of programming languages by jcelerier on Saturday October 03, 2020 @05:21PM (#24674760)
From its creator's own words:

https://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#from-Smalltalk

> C++ got its Object-Oriented concepts from Smalltalk?

> No. C++ got the key notions of classes, derived classes, virtual functions (in other words, the notions of encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism) from Simula just like Smalltalk did. In terms of family relationships, C++ and Smalltalk are siblings.

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Re:An opinionated history of programming languages by Rochus on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:07PM (#24675043)
So a good reason to do without the link. If so, C++ and Smalltalk-80 would have to point to Simula 67. But it does not look like the author of the referenced article optimized for scientific accuracy anyway.
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