definition of 'polymorphism' and python

[Mike Meyer]

"gene tani" <gene.tani at gmail.com> writes:
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>> On 2005-12-14, Gabriel Zachmann <zach at in.tu-clausthal.de> wrote:
>> > I understand the Wikipedia article on Polymorphism (
>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphism_%28computer_science%29
>> > ) that it doesn't make sense to talk about polymorphism in a
>> > fully dynamically typed language -- does the Python community
>> > agree?
>> No.
> Excellent.  Maybe we can have a gentleman's agreement to confine all
> unfocused arguments about following terms to Artima.com and C2 wiki
> Strong, weak, static, dynamic, latent, duck typing
> polymorphism, encapsulation, delegation, 

How about we add "Call by FOO", for any FOO?

    <mike
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