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Re:Brad Cox has died by pjmlp on Saturday January 23, 2021 @02:29AM (#25880415)
Java also owns it to Objective-C, while it copied C++ syntax, protocols, reflection and dynamic loading come from Objective-C.

https://cs.gmu.edu/~sean/stuff/java-objc.html

And what many J2EE/JEE haters aren't aware of, it started as an Objective-C framework during the OpenSTEP days, and the OS was called Spring.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_Objects_Everywhere

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Re:Brad Cox has died by cromwellian on Saturday January 23, 2021 @03:59AM (#25880790)
I think it's fair to say it owes some to Obj-C, but both Obj-C and Java owe a lot more to Smalltalk.
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Re:Brad Cox has died by pjmlp on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:25AM (#25880899)
Also true.
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