Inheritance, Understanding, and OO Design

CS-TR-00-1

Author: Robert Biddle
Source: GZipped PostScript (62kb); Adobe PDF (353kb)


This brief discussion paper presents some ideas about understanding object-oriented design principles. The ideas concern development of better understanding of designs, especially the effects of inheritance. These issues are particularly relevant to use of object-oriented frameworks, where lack of programmer understanding can severely limit software reuse.

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