David Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Java is one language that springs to mind that uses interface
> > polymorphism. Don't let this put you off -- if we must steal something
> > from Java let's steal something good.
>
> Interface inheritance is probably the least dignified thing to steal
> from Java. If we have true multiple inheritance, interfaces don't
> apply. (As a C++ programmer, I've always had to consider the
> interface OOP of Java and Delphi as flawed and incomplete.
Whereas I've always thought of multiple inheritance as a complete pain
in the arse in most cases. But then I started doing OO programming
with Objective C on a NeXT which doesn't do multiple inheritance (or
strict interface checking come to that).
--
Piers
