Re: Defining polymorphism vs overloading

jamin@aludra.usc.edu (Sugih Jamin)
Fri, 7 Sep 90 22:51:09 PDT

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Re: Defining polymorphism vs overloading jamin@aludra.usc.edu (1990-09-07)
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From: jamin@aludra.usc.edu (Sugih Jamin)
Keywords: polymorphism
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Date: Fri, 7 Sep 90 22:51:09 PDT

In article <3709@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> ok@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
>Let me summarise that:
> DIFFERENT code for different types => OVERLOADING
> SAME code for different types => POLYMORPHISM


My prof, Larry Rowe, once said that polymorphism means the exact same code
works for different types. Whereas calling different pieces of code with the
same name depending on the type of the argument(s) is "dynamic procedure call."
Using one name for more than one piece of code is name overloading.




sugih


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