Ole-Johan Dahl | |
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Born | |
Died | 29 June 2002 Asker, Norway | (aged 70)
Alma mater | University of Oslo |
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.[1][2]