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| [3 earlier articles] |
| Polymorphism vs. Overloading gdevivo@conicit.ve (1994-10-22) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading jhallen@world.std.com (1994-10-22) |
| Polymorphism vs. Overloading nandu@cs.clemson.edu (1994-10-27) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading norman@flaubert.bellcore.com (1994-10-24) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading ichudov@wiltel.com (1994-10-28) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading strohm@mksol.dseg.ti.com (1994-10-28) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading ryer@dsd.camb.inmet.com (1994-10-28) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading mac@coos.dartmouth.edu (1994-10-25) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading joe@sanskrit.ho.att.com (1994-10-31) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading geld@cs.sun.ac.za (1994-10-31) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading ram@cs.cmu.edu (Rob MacLachlan) (1994-10-25) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading billk@cs.ukans.edu (1994-10-31) |
| Re: Polymorphism vs. Overloading Mike.Chapman@muc.de (Mike Chapman) (1994-10-31) |
| [21 later articles] |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| From: | ryer@dsd.camb.inmet.com (Mike Ryer) |
| Keywords: | polymorphism |
| Organization: | Intermetrics, Inc. |
| References: | 94-10-144 |
| Date: | Fri, 28 Oct 1994 16:54:42 GMT |
Overloading happens at compilation time -- the compiler decides which function
to invoke based on statically-determined types of the operands.
Polymorphism may not happen until runtime -- the compiler generates code that
fans out based on the runtime value of a tag.
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