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From: paul.johnson@gecm.com (Paul Johnson)
Subject: Re: Interface/Implementation (was Re: Design by Contract)
Date: 1997/09/08
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Date: 1997-09-08T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <34103462.1D86@pseserv3.fw.hac.com>, wwgrol@pseserv3.fw.hac.com 
says...
> What the Ada advocate
>should say is one of (1) "We think MI is bad because"  OR (2) "We
>looked at the _goal_ of multiple inheritance and decided that _goal_
>could be better acheived by..." OR (3) "OK, we'll let you have that 
>as an advantage of your language."

The Language Rationale does (2).  I just wish I understood the examples.

Paul.

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