... say that a Student IS_ A Person (Using all caps is a common way of expressing this unique relationship — I didn’t make this up.) Notice that the IS_ A property is not reflexive: Although Student IS_ A ... public void InitSavingsAccount(decimal mInterestRate) { InitSavingsAccount(0, mInterestRate); } public void InitSavingsAccount(decimal mInitial, decimal mInterestRate) { InitBankAccount(mInitial); ... application without much hassle But the biggest benefit of inheritance is that it describes the way life is Things inherit properties from each other There’s no getting around it Basta! — as my Italian...