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From: rd5718 AT irix DOT bris DOT ac DOT uk (Rich Dawe)
Subject: Re: Pointers to functions.
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Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:24:05 GMT
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Lark (rlarkatmbhsdotedu) wrote:
: Doesn't function overloading accomplish the same thing?  For example -
: int add(int, int);
: float add(float, float);
: char * add(char *, char *);

	You can't do function overloading in C though. This is why
function pointers are useful. You can create function tables and simulate
object-orientation in some form.

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