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From: Peter Hicks <ph8tx@herts.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: polymophism
Date: 1996/11/26
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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 :: [*] -> * -> *

[*] indicates a list of any type, and * indicates any type.

Easy! (famous last words)


Peter Hicks
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University of Hertfordshire
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