Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Polymorphism, as some say, can be considered as the feature of object-oriented
programming that fully expresses the potential of such programming languages. It
means that the same code or operations behave differently in different contexts.
A full explanation of this feature goes beyond the scope of this section about C++.
We suggest visiting
http://www.cs.bu.edu/teaching/cpp/polymorphism/intro/
, which
provides examples to clear the concept of polymorphism.
Complaints about C++
Being a multi-paradigm and all-purpose programming language, C++ is blamed for
being too generic and for not enforcing a well-defined programming style. There is a
very funny satirical article where
Bjarne Stroustrup
, developer of the C++ language,
is portrayed as confessing to the complexities of this programming language. You
can check it out at
http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/I_did_it_for_you_all
.
