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Re:Inheritance was invented as a performance hack by nyanpasu64 on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:00AM (#26989965)
This article discusses object/class inheritance in programming languages, not wealth inheritance between people.
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Re:Inheritance was invented as a performance hack by mashpoe on Friday April 30, 2021 @03:48AM (#26990796)
In case you aren't joking, inheritance in the context of computer programming (for simplicity's sake) is just a metaphor that's supposed to make computer programming easier and has nothing to do with economics.
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