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From: curtis@amc.com (Curtis Green)
Subject: Re: Will Java kill C++?
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"F. Heinrichmeyer" (fritz.heinrichmeyer@fernuni-hagen.de) wrote:
: Matthias Blume wrote:
: > 
: > BTW, there are people who think that *inheritance* is a bad idea
: > already.  MI is only taking a bad idea to the extreme...
: > 
: > Cheers,
: > --
: > -Matthias
: 
: 
: Is "inheritance" not the central point of Object Oriented programming?

No.  Encapsulation and Data hiding are more the central issues.  You can
make an OO class library or system without inheritence and still use OO
analysis techniques.  Of course, inheritence lends itself to broader
possibilities.

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Curtis Green    |    Software Engineer
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