Abstract
Polymorphism is the capability of a function to be applied to arguments of different types. In language theory, the polymorphism has two orthogonal classifications: “parametric vs. ad hoc” (see [Str67]) and “explicit vs. implicit”.
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Castagna, G. (1997). Introduction to part III. In: Object-Oriented Programming A Unified Foundation. Progress in Theoretical Computer Science. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4138-6_11
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