Re: The Foundation of OO (XDb)

From: Dave Harris <brangdon_at_cix.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:23 +0100 (BST)
Message-ID: <memo.20020614132342.27971A_at_brangdon.madasafish.com>

jraustin1_at_hotmail.com (James) wrote (abridged):
> For the freedom of making isolated copies of an object,
> the loss of property and method inheritance seems costly in the
> general case, but may be advantages in certain circumstances, i think.

Prototype-based languages, such as Self and Cecil, allow property and method inheritance.

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