Multiple inheritance is much more complicated and restricted in C++ than in Common Lisp. As with many things in C++, you really have to know what you're doing

Multiple inheritance is much more complicated and restricted in C++ than in Common Lisp. As with many things in C++, you really have to know what you're doing to use it correctly. In CLOS it pretty much just does what you expect, and only when you want to do something unusual do you have to learn the finer points.