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The copout and the java API

Posted by Chris Morris on December 01, 2000 at 7:50 AM

We've got to program with Java as it is, and not having multiple inheritance forces us to use composition a lot, eg a GUI object can't also inherit from a problem domain class.

The opponents of multiple inheritance/"Java advocates" mostly also say "Don't inherit implementation." It's helpful to note that the API forces us to inherit implementation a lot, eg when writing an applet or using RMI.

Unless you can find an employer who uses Eiffel, Java is pretty good, so lets complain too much!