The Theory of Classification, Part 8: Classification and Inheritance

By: Anthony J.H. Simons

Abstract

We explore the differences between classes and types, developing the alternative formal model of classification and inheritance, which is quite different from subtyping.

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Anthony J.H. Simons, “The Theory of Classification, Part 8: Classification and Inheritance”, Journal of Object Technology, Volume 2, no. 4 (July 2003), pp. 55-64, doi:10.5381/jot.2003.2.4.c4.

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