From: Richard Riehle <rriehle@nunic.nu.edu>
Subject: Re: polymophism
Date: 1996/11/29
Date: 1996-11-29T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961129145346.24389B-100000@nunic.nu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 57eab6$1g84@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de
On 26 Nov 1996, Peter Hermann wrote:
> What is "polymophism" ?
Peter,
Good question. Polymorphism is somewhat like a kiss.
In polymorphism, a message is interpreted at the time it is
received, by the receiving object. So if you kiss your mother,
the same message, a kiss, will be processed differently (we hope)
that it would be interpreted by your girl friend, wife (or both).
If you kiss your elderly aunt, the message will be processed in
different way than if you kiss you infant son or daughter. If you
are Frenchman greeting each other, there is a totally different
message sent both directions.
A beautiful princess may go around kissing frogs. Each frog may
process the message (the kiss) differently. However, one of the
many frogs may process the message such that it transforms itself
into a handsome prince.
One might, therefore, say that polymorphism is analogous to the
beautiful princess kissing a frog.
Richard Riehle
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1996-11-26 0:00 polymophism Peter Hermann
1996-11-26 0:00 ` polymophism Peter Hicks
1996-11-26 0:00 ` polymophism Peter Hermann
1996-11-26 0:00 ` polymophism John Howard
1996-11-29 0:00 ` Richard Riehle [this message]
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1996-11-18 0:00 polymophism AGBOH CHARLES
1996-11-19 0:00 ` polymophism Darren C Davenport
1996-11-21 0:00 ` polymophism James O'Connor
1996-11-21 0:00 ` polymophism Mike Stark
1996-11-22 0:00 ` polymophism Klaus Brouwer
1996-11-23 0:00 ` polymophism James O'Connor
1996-11-25 0:00 ` polymophism Richard Riehle
1996-11-22 0:00 ` polymophism Norman H. Cohen
1996-11-22 0:00 ` polymophism Norman H. Cohen
1996-11-23 0:00 ` polymophism James O'Connor
1996-11-22 0:00 ` polymophism Matthew Heaney
1996-11-25 0:00 ` polymophism Joachim Durchholz
1996-11-26 0:00 ` polymophism Don Harrison
1996-11-25 0:00 ` polymophism Don Harrison
1996-11-23 0:00 ` polymophism John Howard
1996-11-21 0:00 ` polymophism Robert I. Eachus
1996-11-22 0:00 ` polymophism Jon S Anthony
1996-11-22 0:00 ` polymophism Robert A Duff
1996-11-23 0:00 ` polymophism Jon S Anthony
1996-11-24 0:00 ` polymophism Robert B. Love
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