[E-Lang] Re: inheritance, delegation, mental models for beginners (was: down with `define' (was: newbie syntax: picayune points from a prejudiced programmer))

[Marc Stiegler]

> > Third step: get rid of it completely because no one ever uses it in its
> ...
>
>
> Sounds like an excellent plan to me.  I will enjoy using E much more
> for the first N weeks if I can do inheritance the way I am used to.  If
> you are right about the value of extra modularity due to non-covariant
> recursive method calls then N will be small, else N will be large.  :-)

Well...uh...in fact, the current draft of Walnut doesn't include the
inheritance example, it just a has a placeholder, the way Tyler would prefer
it to remain :-) You'll have to look its syntax up on markm's site, wherever
it is...or, ahem...try out the delegation, see how it works for you :-)

It is perhaps worth noting that Design Patterns by Gamma et al focuses
almost exclusively on delegation patterns, not inheritance. If you're a
Pattern person, you should find it is just fine.

--marcs