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7 Aug 2024 05:20:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Pov 4.00 question  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 1 Feb 2002 15:54:54
Message: <chrishuff-CB0AAC.15560801022002@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <slr### [at] fwicom>,
 Ron Parker <ron### [at] povrayorg> wrote:

> POV can't have inheritance because it doesn't really have classes, and 
> you can't talk about inheritance without using the notion of a class.

Not true, prototype-based languages don't have classes. Objects inherit 
from other objects.
And in some languages that are closer to being class-based, the classes 
themselves are still objects. Not all languages are like C++ or Java.

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Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
POV-Ray TAG e-mail: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
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