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multiple inheritance
subject			fact

multiple inheritance	can be avoided by using the player-role pattern
	can result in more complex systems than single inheritance
	has definition Inheritance from more than one superclass
	is a subtopic of The Basics of Java
	is a kind of inheritance
	should be avoided if possible
inheritance	occurs automatically once you have defined which classes are superclasses and which classes are their subclasses