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- From: ell@access2.digex.net (Ell)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java
- Subject: Re: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Wicked ...
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- Date: 28 Mar 1996 15:55:00 GMT
- Organization: The Universe
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- Kent Sandvik (sandvik@sgi.com) wrote:
- : In article <4jbk0m$jt9@news4.digex.net>,
- : ell@access1.digex.net (Ell) wrote:
- :
- : >racer-x (pauly@mobius.net) wrote:
- : >: ...Maybe it's just me, but I didn't even realize C++ had
- : >: dynamic binding.
-
- : >C++ very much has dynamic binding; lookup virtual functions.
-
- : It depends how you defined dynamic binding, could you send messages to
- : arbitrary methods in C++ during runtime (or java, by the way)?
-
- In C++ the specific function being invoked is determined by the specific
- object assigned to a pointer at any one time. The pointer has a static
- type, yet it can invoke functions of other types during run-time.
-
- Elliott
-