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Describe the purpose of the tombstone in the context of the copy collection technique for garbage collection.
Suppose we have the following sequence of declarations in C++.
Note that the following would be legal in C++.class A { }; class B : public A { }; class C : public A { }; class D : public B, C { };
Why would C++ prohibit the following statement?B *b = new D();
A *a = new D();
C++ distinguishes regular inheritance from virtual inheritance. Explain this distinction.
How does a Smalltalk system store class methods internally?
Explain why a subclass's CIR format should begin by matching the CIR format of its superclass.