From: Fredrik (fredrik_blomqvist_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-25 04:05:04
Herb Sutter has been writing about this, he calls it the Non Virtual Interface (NVI) idiom.
http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill18.htm
I too believe it is a very sound idea and that it should be adopted where applicable (ie in quite a few places)
/Fredrik