Comparison Computer Programming

Sometimes, particularly in Object-oriented Programming , the comparison raises questions of Datatype s and Inheritance , Equality and Identity . It is often necessary to distinguish between:

two objects with different datatypes both related to another datatype, e.g. an orange and a lemon, both being citrus fruit

two different references to the same object, e.g. two nicknames for the same person

Sameness and difference can be relative or graduated as well as absolute, particularly in Fuzzy Logic , Artificial Intelligence , Signal Processing , Lossy Data Compression and Pattern Recognition .

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