Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.ripco.com!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Roedy Green" Subject: Re: multiple inheritance Message-ID: <501AC32D.55946.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: bob smith Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <501AC32B.55937.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <501AC32B.55937.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 efc93178 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 5a84727a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 32 Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:12:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1343934721 69.21.70.65 (Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:12:01 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:12:01 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:16985 To: bob smith From: Roedy Green On Wed, 1 Aug 2012 19:28:31 -0700 (PDT), bob smith wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >Why doesn't Java support multiple inheritance? 1. It has interfaces which gives much of the ability at lighter weight.. 2. Java originally was intended for set top boxes. That is too heavyweight a feature. 3. Study Eiffel. implementing it is quite tricky, especially when you get name clashes. you might see it in Java 11 or so, or whatever language inherits the Java mantle. . -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function. ~ Dr. Albert A. Bartlett (born: 1923-03-21 age: 89) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24