Interfaces are named collections of method signatures.
To compile and run this Cilk program:
In this Cilk version, we’ve used C++ classes to implement the interface concept. The geometry class serves as our interface, with pure virtual functions area() and perim(). The rect and circle classes inherit from geometry and implement these methods.
We use std::shared_ptr to manage the lifetime of our objects, which allows us to use polymorphism safely. The measure function takes a std::shared_ptr<geometry>, which can point to either a rect or a circle.
The cilk_int main() function is the entry point for a Cilk program, similar to main() in C++.
Note that Cilk extends C++ with parallel programming constructs, but in this example, we’re not using any parallel features. The program structure remains similar to the original, demonstrating how interfaces work in an object-oriented context.