Static vs. Virtual Methods
The definitions of static and virtual methods are below. You'll probably want to refer back to them several times: static methods: the default; if redefined by a descendant, parameter lists and type returned can differ at each definition; calls resolved at COMPILE-TIME virtual methods: virtual directive required in the method heading in the interface part; virtual method headings must be identical in the ancestor and in all descendant object types; calls resolved at RUN-TIME; objects containing virtual methods must be explicitly initialized at run time by
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