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		galbar 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Inheritance was invented as a performance hack (20... Python has Protocols. They work like Go interfaces

kragen 9 months ago [–]

Sure, but for the most part people don't use them, because you don't have to; Python method calls are always potentially polymorphic, unlike Golang method calls.

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