[DGD] data inheritance: multiple vs single ancestry

[Stephen Spiller]

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> From: shentino at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:54:41 -0700
> To: dgd at dworkin.nl
> Subject: Re: [DGD] data inheritance: multiple vs single ancestry
> 
> Ewww...
> 
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Kent Mein <mein at cs.umn.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Mar 21, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Raymond Jennings <shentino at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Ok, just curious about this:
> >>
> >> Phantasmal has "archetypes" where properties and things can be
> >> inherited from multiple ancestors.  In some cases, the prime ancestor
> >> (first on the list) is used for stuff that can't be aggregated,
> >> whereas things like nouns and adjectives can be inherited from every
> >> parent.
> >>
> >> However, SkotOS as you know has only a single "ur (you are)" pointer
> >> and data inheritance is forcibly singular.
> >>
> >> Is it better to allow multiple ancestry, or are things better off with
> >> the simple model where you can only have one parent?
> >
> >
> > I don't know if there is an absolute answer to your question.  I prefer to
> > keep things simple.  Otherwise you wind up with stuff like this:
> >
> > http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~mein/dgd/objects.png
> >
> > gurbalib's current basic objects and inheritance….
> >
> > It can easily get out of control.  Having said all of that, I think it's useful if used
> > in the right way.
> >
> > Kent
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