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Jon · May 6th, 2006, 4:41 PM

I have a paper on polymorphism due in two days and pretty much all i know is how to use it, so i would really appriatiate any info about it i can get, specifically why is it so important, and what it is used for. If anyone can tell me some of that stuff, or send me a link to a good website about polymorphism i would really appritiate it.

zorin · May 6th, 2006, 5:34 PM

Did you even use www.google.com ?

Well I did it for you and turned up these results:

http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/C...m-Is-Important
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymor...ter_science%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymor...ed_programming

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pretty much all i know is how to use it

So was you taught about Polymorphism and why it is used ? or did you not fully understand it ?

Jon · May 6th, 2006, 5:57 PM

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Originally Posted by zorin

Did you even use www.google.com ?

Yes, I did use google, but this looked like a good place to get some additional information. You never know if someone might know a good website you missed. BTW thanks for those i hadn't seen the first one.

bl00dninja · May 8th, 2006, 2:11 AM

allowing decisions of that nature to be made at runtime rather than compile-time is very efficient. my limited understanding seems to point to that as the principle goal of the subject. please correct if wrong.

bl00dninja · May 8th, 2006, 2:16 AM

by "decisions of that nature" i mean when to create objects of different types.

if you have an ADT user class and you need to know when to instantiate a "limited user" "advanced user" or "superuser" object of a class when creating an account for network users or something.

May 6th, 2006, 4:41 PM	#1
Jon Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Questions about polymorphism I have a paper on polymorphism due in two days and pretty much all i know is how to use it, so i would really appriatiate any info about it i can get, specifically why is it so important, and what it is used for. If anyone can tell me some of that stuff, or send me a link to a good website about polymorphism i would really appritiate it.

May 8th, 2006, 2:11 AM	#4
bl00dninja Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: namespace std Posts: 1,246 Rep Power: 6	allowing decisions of that nature to be made at runtime rather than compile-time is very efficient. my limited understanding seems to point to that as the principle goal of the subject. please correct if wrong. __________________ i put on my robe and wizard hat... Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...Morons.

May 8th, 2006, 2:16 AM	#5
bl00dninja Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: namespace std Posts: 1,246 Rep Power: 6	by "decisions of that nature" i mean when to create objects of different types. if you have an ADT user class and you need to know when to instantiate a "limited user" "advanced user" or "superuser" object of a class when creating an account for network users or something. __________________ i put on my robe and wizard hat... Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...Morons.

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