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Subject: Re: Inheritance is not delegation.
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Date: 13 Oct 89 03:12:20 GMT
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I wrote:
> BTW, I believe they used Objective C to code Mach, and I'm pretty sure
> that Objective C has inheritance.  Of course, the conceptual model of 
> the language that you code a system in and the conceptual of the system
> are two different things, but it just shows that inheritance isn't
> totally worthless.  

I have since found out that the Mach kernel is written in C.
Just goes to show that you shouldn't use examples that you're
not sure about. 

hal.

"Carpe doughnut."