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A Practical Solution: Meta-Libraries

• separate the data implementation details out of the fundamental algorithms

• describe library algorithms in terms of abstract base classes (inheritance)

• specify only the interface

• utilize late-binding (polymorphism) to determine data distributions and implementations

Need good design to choose proper objects and abstractions to balance

• performance
• reusability
• generality
• control
• flexibility