Re: Mixins, Multiple Inheritance, Interfaces

On 2006-05-27 21:17:54 -0500, "Vladimir Levin" <vlad.levin@xxxxxxxxx> said:

I have to admit that it seems a shame that Java
did not implement mixins. Having now started using them in Ruby, I
think they're a really nice idea.

I quite agree. Java and C# missed a good bet when they ignored mixins. Granted, they are not easy to implement in statically typed languages. The "virtual inheritance" abortion in C++ is evidence enough of that. But even in C++ mixins were very useful. I miss them in Java.

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