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polymorphism and parametric polymorphism is called static polymorphism.

Dynamic polymorphism is achieved by virtual functions and static polymor-

phism is achieved by templates. In terms of flexibility, dynamic polymorphism

is better than static polymorphism. In terms of performance, static polymor-

phism is better than dynamic polymorphism.

3.5.1 Dynamic Polymorphism

To illustrate the idea of dynamic polymorphism in C++, we consider the

example of clustering algorithms. In data clustering, there are many clustering

algorithm. It is a good idea to have a common base for all these clustering

algorithms. The Algorithm ...