It's an old enough language, that when Java was written, Java took a lot of cues from Obj-C.
What language features do you have in mind specifically?
Now I honestly don't know anything about Objective C, but if you asked me of the origins of Java, I'd point to SIMULA, C++, and BETA.
No, Google Translate get's it wrong. The article actually only says that certain *parts* of the project were delayed till 2006:
Ein Ziel, das nicht zu schaffen war, unter anderem, weil *einige* Ausschreibungen für das Projekt erst 2006 anliefen.
Which roughly translates to:
A target that could never be met, partly because *some* contracts only went out to tender as late as 2006.
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