On 2021-01-05, Martin Gregorie  wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:30:06 +0000, gareth evans wrote:
>
>> That it warrants such an involved explanation is very good reason why
>> such techniques should be avoided today!  :-)
>
> Agreed.
>
> That sort of thing is so much easier in Java or Algol 68, which both
> recognise that methods/procedures with the same name but different
> parameter lists are indeed different pieces of code rather than a stupid
> mistake.

I avoid that technique - it invites other stupid mistakes.

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