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I didn't mention dynamic typing anywhere?

• platz 9y ago
  no, but multi-methods are 99% of the time found in dynamic languages, right?
  • rbehrends 9y ago
    1. Multimethods simply are a rare feature in general. 2. Multiple dispatch and static typing are completely orthogonal features. 3. Strictly speaking, you don't even need multiple dispatch. The key feature of multimethods that you need is the ability to add a method outside the class body.
    • platz 9y ago
      under definition 3 then extension methods are also multi-methods - doesn't seem right. even c# has extension methods
      • rbehrends 9y ago
        Extension methods do not support dynamic dispatch and hence are not proper instance methods. Try MultiJava's open classes for an approach that works.