What does mean by saying polymorphism allows programming in general rather then programming in specific?
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Jump to PostIf you break up the root parts of the word you get "poly" meaning "many" and "morphism" meaning "form" (loosely). Take method names. Let's say you want a method to find the absolute value of a number. In ore-OOP programming you would need (this is not necessarily a complete list
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Jump to PostThat sounds like a textbook definition that to me (a dinosaur) doesn't really clarify anything. Mostly because I've never been a fan of buzzwords. I prefer explaining (and learn better) by analogy or example.
Let's say you have a superclass of type mammal. This class can contain methods common to …
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