From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: A pointer of variable type - is it possible?
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 08:44:56 -0700
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Wesley Terpstra wrote:

> I have heard about something
> called polymorphic classes.  Would this be able to give me the power I
> need?  I also noticed an operator called typeof() could this be used
> to make my local information portable, yet fast?  If you know a way
> that I could do this, please tell me! :)

Yes.  It's called inheritance.

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