Re: Efficiency of single inheritance
Davin Pearson wrote:
I recently read a book that was cancelled from the University of
Canterbury library called: "Object Oriented Programming in Oberon-2"
by Hanspeter M\"ossenb\"ock. One sentence in this book that stands
out for me is this one:
"Multiple inheritance also leads to less efficient code. For example
in C++ a method invocation causes additional runtime costs because of
the overhead involved with multiple inheritance --- even if the
program uses only single inheritance." (from page 109)
This is complete and utter nonsense. In particular, if the author doesn't
highlight what he compares the C++ mechanisms to, this statement can
neither be affirmed nor denied. In my eyes, this statement as it stands
only causes FUD.
Uli
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