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IanG goes to town on latent typing (which he doesn't think I'm talking about), and compares C++ to C# to Python. Obviously, I like the Python example the best, because it is the most power with the least amount of cruft.

Ian points out a way to get the type of thing I want using reflection:

public static void CallDraw<T>(T something)
{
    something.GetType().GetMethod("Draw").Invoke(something, null);
}

I feel like I have to point out that templates aren't even necessary here. You can do this, today, in .NET 1.1:

public static void CallDraw(object something)
{
    something.GetType().GetMethod("Draw").Invoke(something, null);
}

Nice read, though. He really hits all the points, and talks about why things are done the way they're done. It doesn't make me any happier, but I'm willing to use a different phrase than "latent typing" if that makes Ian happy. :)

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