Have you programmed in Smalltalk? Classes tend to do a lot more (well everything that can be done) compared to C++. Smalltalk has a clean design for the core pa

Have you programmed in Smalltalk? Classes tend to do a lot more (well everything that can be done) compared to C++. Smalltalk has a clean design for the core parts so these hang together pretty well. Nonetheless, inheritance hierarchies are deep and there are many fat classes. So small size in itself is usually not a virtue, clarity in role is on the other hand.