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From: lins@Apple.COM (Chuck Lins)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Examples of Multiple Inheritance?
Summary: Seeks example of low-overhead MI
Keywords: multiple inheritance
Message-ID: <47353@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Dec 90 21:07:15 GMT
References: <841@echbull.bull.fr> <18090@neptune.inf.ethz.ch> <1990Dec13.035418.28040@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1990Dec13.035418.28040@Neon.Stanford.EDU> craig@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Craig D. Chambers) writes:
>If you're concerned about space overheads of MI, other implementations
>of MI than the one in C++ 2.0+ have low space overheads, comparable to
>pre-MI C++ implementations (i.e. a word or two extra per object).

Could you provide some examples or references to papers describing such
implementations? For some of us this (oo research) is a part-time endeavor
and we don't always have the time to read every single paper. (Our limits,
not yours.) Thanks in advance.

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