From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: A pointer of variable type - is it possible?
Date:	Fri, 11 Oct 1996 08:39:41 -0700
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Bill Currie wrote:

> Erik Max Francis wrote:
>
> > Yes.  It's called inheritance.
> 
> Don't forget about virtual functions, they make that sort of thing very
> easy.

Yes, thank you.  That's what I said.  Virtual member functions are defined
in derived classes.  Hence the use of the term, _inheritance_.

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