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So far we have used classes only as abstract data types. The remarkable feature of classes, however, is that they can be extended. The extensibility of classes is the new aspect of object-oriented programming and the reason that OOP proves superior to conventional programming in many situations.
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Mössenböck, H. (1995). Inheritance. In: Object-Oriented Programming in Oberon-2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79898-6_5
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