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From: neil@geog.leeds.ac.uk (Neil Wilson)
Subject: Re: Has C++ had its day?
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Jan.Bytesmiths@acm.org wrote:
: type compatible with it. In C++, it must. This is why Smalltalkers see
: little need for multiple inheritance, and why C++ers can't take Smalltalk
: seriously because it doesn't have multiple inheritance! So let's stop

C++ doesn't have multiple inheritance. It has a hack.

: Don't get me wrong, C++ has its place (somewhere). But static typing is
: 30-year-old technology -- attacking Smalltalk because it purposely lacks
: it is a bit like attacking cars because there's nowhere to hang your buggy
: whip.

C++ belongs in a museum. Don't write off static typing though on the
strength (strength?!) of C++.

--
Neil Wilson (N.Wilson@geog.leeds.ac.uk)		"nil illigitimi carborundum"
Information Modelling Programme, Leeds, UK
