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is that any different than function overloading?
by gmadsen 4y ago
is that any different than function overloading?
- bananaoomarang 4y agoYes I believe because it happens at runtime. This is quite a good series of articles on multi dispatch that gets to CLOS: https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2016/a-polyglots-guide-to-multiple-dispatch/ https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2016/a-polyglots-guide-to-mult...
- gpderetta 4y agoMD is basically late binding for overloading. For example in C# can do MD with overloaded functions when the parameters are additionally marked as dynamic.