Try to describe polymorphism as easy as you can

Moran Helman picture Moran Helman · Oct 17, 2008 · Viewed 25.3k times · Source

How can polymorphism be described in an easy-to-understand way?

We can find a lot of information about the subject on the Internet and books, like in Type polymorphism. But let's try to make it as simple as we can.

Answer

Steven A. Lowe picture Steven A. Lowe · Oct 17, 2008

Two objects respond to the same message with different behaviors; the sender doesn't have to care.