Day 12. Implementing Inheritance
Yesterday, you learned about a number of object-oriented relationships, including specialization/generalization. C++ implements this relationship through inheritance.
Today, you will learn
• The nature of what inheritance is
• How to use inheritance to derive one class from another
• What protected access is and how to use it
• What virtual functions are
What Is Inheritance?
What is a dog? When you look at your pet, what do you see? I see four legs in service to a mouth. A biologist sees a network of interacting organs, a physicist sees atoms and forces at work, and a taxonomist sees a representative of the species canine domesticus.
It is that last assessment that is of interest at the moment. A dog is a kind ...
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