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Re:Java 9 features announced by sltkr on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @08:40AM (#8196981)
Sure, but more radicial OO languages like Smalltalk were full of getters/setters too (e.g. in Smalltalk all member variables are private, so getters/setters are the only way to access those) so it makes sense to think that this was just the way to go.
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Re:Java 9 features announced by pjmlp on Tuesday August 19, 2014 @10:08AM (#8197326)
Eiffel introduced properties in 1985.

The famous CLOS book was written in 1988, which makes use of slots instead.

I am at work now, otherwise I could provide more information.

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