From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: preventing inheritance
Date: 1996/12/17
Date: 1996-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1996Dec17.080010.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 32B64298.3CC5@bix.com
In article <32B64298.3CC5@bix.com>, Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com> writes:
> The real problem is that U really 'is a' T, it's just that MS does not
> give a way to implement a particular operation on objects of type U.
> It is not satisfying to simply say 'well, I guess U's aren't T's after
> all'.
Inheritance capabilities in a language provide compiler enforcement
of an orderly set of relationships. We tend to value them because
they detect cases where the set of relationships we had in mind is
not orderly. Unfortunately they also detect cases where the lack
of orderliness originated outside our sphere of influence.
Larry Kilgallen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1996-12-17 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-12-13 0:00 preventing inheritance Tom Moran
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1996-12-16 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1996-12-17 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-12-18 0:00 ` Tom Moran
1996-12-19 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
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