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From: James Mills <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:16:14 +1000
Subject: Re: Composition instead of inheritance
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On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> Hmmm. Okay -- any ideas for a better term? =C2=A0Something that describes=
 taking
> different source classes and fusing them into a new whole, possibly using
> single-inheritance... Frankenstein, maybe? =C2=A0;)

I'd have to say that this is typical of MixIns

cheers
James

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