Re: procedural vs object oriented

[Maciej Sobczak <no.spam@no.spam.com>]

Ludovic Brenta wrote:

> A static procedure call has no uncertainty: when you read the program
> source, you know exactly which subprogram is called, even in the
> presence of overloading.

If Shape.Type = Triangle Then
   Draw_Triangle(Shape);
ElsIf Shape.Type = Rectangle Then
   Draw_Rectangle(Shape);
Else
   Put("Damn, I never thought we will have more shape types.");
End If;

In what way is this better or more certain than a dispatching call based 
on the tag?


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