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From: kentb@Apple.COM (Kent Beck)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Use of inheritance for classification?
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Date: 16 May 89 19:04:25 GMT
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I think the confusion over this issues arises from the inheritance hierarchy
being used for two purposes- classification sharing and code sharing.  If I
have only one hierarchy to work with (as in Smalltalk) I use it to share
code ONLY, but I'd really rather have two hierarchies.

Kent