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Thanks! I always suspected you could have a fast dynamic dispatch in a typed language if you locked it down enough to not allow redefinitions at runtime and suc

by bjoli 6y ago

Thanks! I always suspected you could have a fast dynamic dispatch in a typed language if you locked it down enough to not allow redefinitions at runtime and such (which removes a lot of the fun of CLOS). It makes sense to let the jit do the heavy lifting though!

eigenspace 6y ago
Yes, Julia definitely had to make some dynamism restrictions that I suspect would dismay some lispers, but it is still a quite dynamic language. The language devs do some pretty clever things to have our cake and eat it too. On the flip side, I think we have some dynamic metaprogramming magic of our own that might even impress some lispers such as IRTools.jl's dynamos or Cassette.jl's overdubing.