On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Hans Beck wrote:

> So because I'm not a theoretican for computer languages but  I suppose
> there are a lot very good guys on this list, I would ask the community,
> how far multiple inheritance is really needed, or is it bad or what ever
> ? (Looking from a more or less theoretical viewpoint of object oriented
> concepts ) ?

>From a theoretical standpoint, MI could add convenience and logical sense
to certain models/designs.  In real life, actual practical use of it is
fairly rare, because the real world rarely works out as well as it does on
paper.  Squeak doesn't need it, IMO.  Even when I've done projects in
languages which support it (C++, Python), I've almost never used it.
Other people prolly use it more than I, but eh.

Regards,
Aaron

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