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Peter Jackson (pjacks1@gl.umbc.edu) wrote:
: > What about multiple inheritance?  

: From the white paper on Java:

: Multiple inheritance - and all the problems it generates - has been 
: discarded from Java. The desirable features of multiple inheritance are 
: provided by interfaces - conceptually similar to Objective C protocols.

There are desirable features of multiple inheritance not provided
by 'interfaces' which work cleanly and without problem. 

They just don't happen to work like C++. 

: > Functions as first class objects?

: Ummm...what are functions? I've never heard of a java function,  only a C 
: function.

: Another quote from the paper:

: Java has no functions. Object oriented supesedes functional and procedural 
: styles.  Mixing the two just leads to confusion and dilutes the purity of 
: an object oriented language.

And our precious bodily fluids, no doubt.  

What we're talking about is 'closures' which are sort of like very-souped-
up function pointers and they work just fine with object oriented 
programming.  


I happen to program in an OO language which has MI of implementation and
interface (separated) and a bit of closures and real genericity some other 
cool things not yet even known to Java's philosphy. 

: Peter Jackson, CNA     	 * Life's a BETA,