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Inheritance Hierarchies
nEvery hierarchy has a root (e.g., base class) which has zero or more children.
nEach child (e.g., derived class) is either a leaf or branches into children of its own.
nEach class is inherently related to its parent, as well
as to its ancestors.
nIn C++, the root of each hierarchy or sub-hierarchy is called a base class.
nIf the base class is the
parent of the class in question, then
it is a direct base class. Otherwise, if it is an ancestor, then it is an indirect base class.