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polymorphic operation
subject			fact

polymorphic operation	is a subtopic of 2.4 - Methods, Operations and Polymorphism
	is implemented by several different methods
	is a kind of operation
	lets a running program decide, every time an operation is called, which of several identically-named methods to invoke
operation	carries out a responsibility of a class
	is implemented as a set of methods
	is used to discuss and specify a type of behaviour, independently of any code which implements that behaviour
procedural abstraction	has advantage when using a certain procedure, a programmer does not need to worry about all the details of how it performs its computations; he or she only needs to know how to call it and what it computes
	hides the details of procedures