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Multiple inheritance in Simula-like languages

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This paper examines the subclass mechanism offered in the Simula language, and discusses how the flexibility of this mechanism would be enhanced if more than one prefix were allowed for classes (multiple inheritance). A strategy is presented for implementing this with efficiency comparable to that of current Simula.

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  1. Institute of Informatics, University of Oslo, Blindern, P.O. Box 1080, Oslo 3, Norway

    Stein Krogdahl

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Krogdahl, S. Multiple inheritance in Simula-like languages. BIT 25, 318–326 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01934377

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