Hello fellow monks:

I have studied the man pages perlboot and perltoot fevorishly, but I still don't understand the concept of inheriting. I don't understand how inheriting really works. I have seen many examples that use inheriting, however, I have no clue how it really works.

I have not really done any C++ and only a little Java, so I am not very used to object oriented programming, consequencly, the same is true for me in Perl. I have read through the tutorials under the OOP section here at the monastary as well, however, I still don't understand what inheriting really is.

How would I use it in a very basic OOP (simple) example in Perl?

Thanks in advance.

Mr.T
print "I pity the $foo !\n";

In reply to Understanding what Inheriting is. by Mr.T

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