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- From: wellerd@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (David Weller)
- Subject: Re: Multiple Inheritance -- the last post?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.114552.1118@sei.cmu.edu>
- Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews)
- Organization: Ada Joint Program Office
- References: <9208191557.AA09135@efftoo.boeing.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 11:45:52 GMT
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- In article <9208191557.AA09135@efftoo.boeing.com> crispen@efftoo.boeing.com (crispen) writes:
- >It's now been two weeks since I asked people who had actually used
- >[etc.]
- >people who think MI is a Good Thing, and who have experience to back
- >up that judgement, to come forward. Come on, one last time, or let's
- >consider MI a plaything, not worthy of the attention of serious people.
- >
- Have you crossposted to comp.lang.c++ and comp.object? I didn't see
- that on the header above. I believe that MI is useful, but I also
- believe that the 9X solution is reasonable. As Grady Booch has said,
- multiple inheritance is like a parachute -- you don't always need it,
- but when you do, you're quite happy to have it.
-
- Dave Weller
- wellerd@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu
-
- >Bob Crispen
- >crispen@foxy.boeing.com
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