Chapter 6. Multiple Inheritance
Introduction to Multiple Inheritance
I was one of the early C++ programmers who began with C++ version 1.2. At that time, there was a large group of C++ developers screaming for C++ version 2.0. Why? C++ version 2.0 implemented the multiple inheritance (MI) relationship, and version 1.2 did not. Multiple inheritance is the ability for a class to directly inherit from more than one base class. In retrospect, I believe that 49 percent of these screaming developers were screaming because they wanted to misuse multiple inheritance. Another 49 percent screamed because they heard the other 49 percent screaming and jumped on the bandwagon with no real knowledge of why they were screaming. Out of all the screaming developers, ...
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