This paper demonstrates the appropriateness of an object- oriented programming lan guage, C++, for developing discrete event simulations. An introduction to the concept of object-oriented programming and the C++ language is followed by an example simula tion of a single-server queuing system. The example shows the general advantages of the C++ language for simulations.
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