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• To give the reader an appreciation of why the techniques encountered so far are inadequate for the implementation of true polymorphism.
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• To introduce virtual functions as the means by which polymorphism is achieved in C++ and to demonstrate how polymorphism is applied.
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Graba, J. (1998). Polymorphism. In: Up and Running with C++. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3433-6_10
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