Re: RFC 265 (v3) Interface polymorphism considered lovely

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). 

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Piers