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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: TeX and Pascal [was Re: The joy of FORTRAN]
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 07:57:24 -0700
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On 1 Oct 2024 10:02:39 GMT
ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote:

> Ah! I think this is called "polymorphism".
> 
> I wondered whether something like this could also be formulated in
> Pascal.

Yes, you can do this in pretty much any functionally-complete language,
just as you can implement *any* algorithm; OOP languages are merely
intended (emphasis on *intended*) to make it natural and concise.