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Ole-Johan Dahl

Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist and academic, co-developed Simula (died 2002)

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Born
October 12, 1931
Died
June 29, 2002
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1931

About Ole-Johan Dahl

Ole-Johan Dahl 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. Dahl and Nygaard were the first to develop the concepts of class, subclass (allowing implicit information hiding), inheritance, dynamic object creation, etc., all important aspects of the OO paradigm. Dahl became a full professor at the University of Oslo in 1968 and was a gifted teacher as well as researcher.

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Ole-Johan Dahl timeline

  1. Dahl became a full professor at the University of Oslo in 1968 and was a gifted teacher as well as researcher.
  2. In 2001, Dahl and Nygaard won the ACM Turing Award.

The world when Ole-Johan Dahl was born

Ole-Johan Dahl was born in 1931. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1931

  • #1 song"Stardust" – Artie Shaw
  • Top movieFrankenstein
  • Best-selling bookThe Good Earth – Pearl S. Buck

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentKnute Rockne dies in plane crash
  • Top headlineAl Capone convicted of tax evasion
  • Technology milestoneEmpire State Building completed
  • Defining fadJigsaw puzzles
  • Notable inventionElectric razor
  • World population2.10 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population124.0M

1931 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ole-Johan Dahl's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19312026
Gas$0.17$3.45/gal
Average home$5,500$435,000
Average income$3,000$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population124.0M341 million

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