"parametric polymorphism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parametric polymorphisms [plural]
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  1. (programming) A way to make a computer language more expressive, while maintaining full static type safety, by allowing a function or a data type to be written generically so that it can handle values identically without depending on their type. Wikipedia link: parametric polymorphism Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Programming Related terms: generic programming, Hindley-Milner type system

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