Binding and Late Binding

Late binding refers to virtual functions (in C++ anyway), which means what function is invoked isn''t decided until run-time.

Binding is the term used to describe the process of resolving a function name to actual code.

That makes since.

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There''s more than two kinds of binding, but the different kinds are often called the same thing.

The office automation binding can either be late or ''dynamic'', it can use virtual functions or IDispatch (kinda like script execution). Sometimes virtual functions are considered early binding - usually when you''re talking about IDispatch or similar "very late" dynamic binding.

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