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So C++ got multiple inheritance wrong... That doesn't mean it must be rejected in all cases.

• angersock 13y ago
  What are the cases where MI is better than mix-ins or component architectures?
  • pjmlp 13y ago
    Maybe just in some corner cases. However Eiffel, OCaml and Python MI implementations seem to be implemented in a more sane way.
  • raganwald 13y ago
    NewtonScript had a neat concept of heterogeneous multiple inheritance: Its "objects" had a prototype-like inheritance chain and a container inheritance chain. If client-side JavaScript had this design, there would be no need for the DOM to have a special event mechanism that lives outside of method handling: DOM elements would simply have method handlers and the dispatch system would handle prototype and container inheritance.
    • lispm 13y ago
      > NewtonScript had a neat concept of heterogeneous multiple inheritance: Its "objects" had a prototype-like inheritance chain and a container inheritance chain. See also HyperCard/HyperTalk...
  • mtraven 13y ago
    CLOS
  • deleted 13y ago
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