Multiple Inheritance
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Multiple Inheritance (MI) occurs when a subclass has two or more super classes.
It is an available construct in C++, Eiffel and Perl. However, it is not available in Java or C#.
Multiple Inheritance is often considered a desirable feature of OO languages However, Riel claims, with relation to the introduction of MI to C++, that "...only 2 percent [of developers] understood why they wanted multiple inheritance and were not misusing it."
