[Off] The ... of Multiple Inheritance (was: Re: [plt-scheme] Lightweight object system)

From: Matthias Felleisen (matthias at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 5 11:58:21 EDT 2007

... and I have a bridge to sell ...

On Sep 5, 2007, at 11:43 AM, Grant Rettke wrote:

> On 9/5/07, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>> I am still wondering why OO caught on.
>
> Because "you think about software in terms of real life objects, which
> we all understand!".
>
> How could the masses resist a tagline like that? It is easy!
>
> The secret of course is that there is a challenge to making objects
> work and like anything it takes time and effort.
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