History of Polymorphism

	Revision 5 . . November 23, 2001 7:19 pm by Magnus Manske [+general definition, please check]
	Revision 4 . . October 12, 2001 7:38 pm by Magnus Manske [Added biology and OOP meaning]

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In general, polymorphism describes multiple possible states for a single property.

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In [object-orientated programming language]?s, polymorphism describes mathods of different objects that have the same name (and usually the same parameter list), so that calling a.add(1) invokes a different function than b.add(1).

In [object-orientated programming language]?s, polymorphism describes methods of different objects that have the same name (and usually the same parameter list), so that calling a.add(1) invokes a different function than b.add(1).

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