Editing Mixin (section)

==History==
Mixins first appeared in [[Symbolics]]'s object-oriented [[Flavors (computer science)|Flavors]] system (developed by Howard Cannon), which was an approach to object-orientation used in [[Lisp Machine Lisp]]. The name was inspired by [[Steve's Ice Cream|Steve's Ice Cream Parlor]] in Somerville, Massachusetts:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Using Mix-ins with Python {{!}} Linux Journal |url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4540 |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=www.linuxjournal.com}}</ref> The owner of the ice cream shop offered a basic flavor of ice cream (vanilla, chocolate, etc.) and blended in a combination of extra items (nuts, cookies, fudge, etc.) and called the item a "[[mix-in]]", his own trademarked term at the time.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=AOL.COM |first=Bapopik at |date=3 August 2002 |title=Mix-Ins (Steve's ice cream, Boston, 1975) |url=https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2002-August/024421.html |access-date=2023-05-23}}</ref>