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From: torbenm@diku.dk (Torben Ægidius Mogensen)
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Subject: Re: Help needed with function pointer examples
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The moderator opined:
> [Any program written in an OO language that allows inheritance or
> overloading uses function pointers, since that's how they're
> implemented. -John]

If the inheritance and overloading can be resolved statically, function
pointers are not needed.  But most OO languages use dynamic method
resolution by default, so what you say applies to nearly all OO
implementations.

	torben