In fact, my first programming language was BASIC on the ZX Spectrum which was very much imperative. So much so, that all the lines were numbered as ’10, 20, 30’ etc.

In the 1970s, Xerox's Smalltalk was the first object-oriented programming language, which was used to create the graphical user interface (see Xerox Star). ACTOR and Eiffel were also earlier OOP ...

One of the great things about object-oriented programming is that it translates across languages. Often, the syntax is quite similar. Just to prove it, here’s our Dog example in TypeScript, Java ...

C++ is the extension of ancient C, adding object-oriented features. While C dates back to 1972, C++ is still pretty ancient, having been initially deployed in 1985.