Types of polymorphism

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Polymorphism in programming refers to the ability of a function or method to behave differently based on the object it is acting upon.

There are two main types of polymorphism: compile-time (static) polymorphism and runtime (dynamic) polymorphism.
Compile-time polymorphism is achieved through function overloading and operator overloading.
Runtime polymorphism is achieved through method overriding, where a subclass provides a specific implementation of a method that is already defined in its superclass.
An example of compile-time polymorphism is having multiple methods with the same name but different parameters in a class.
An example of runtime polymorphism is having a superclass reference variable that is pointing to a subclass object, allowing the method calls to be resolved at runtime.

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