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From: ica2ph@alpha1.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de (Peter Hermann)
Subject: Re: polymophism
Date: 1996/11/26
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Date: 1996-11-26T00:00:00+00:00
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Peter Hicks (ph8tx@herts.ac.uk) wrote:
: On 26 Nov 1996, Peter Hermann wrote:

: > What is "polymophism" ?

: I assume you mean 'polymorphism'. Polymorphism (in my terms) is where a 
: function can accept any type of data, e.g. a char, bool or num. I'm only 
: just starting to learn Ada today, but in Miranda, a polymorphic 
: function's signature is something like:

:   testProcA :: [*] -> * -> *

plain wrong: in Mirabella, we use testProcB !

(The explanation is found in John Howard's marvelous posting
 as well as in the subject line above)

You say you started to learn Ada today. Congratulations.
And a hearty welcome to the Ada Community.

Sent with peace and humour    :-)  ;-)

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