Multiple dispatch is not unique to Julia, but it is a large part of the language. It helps 3rd parties extend rather than duplicate interfaces. There a few rec

Multiple dispatch is not unique to Julia, but it is a large part of the language. It helps 3rd parties extend rather than duplicate interfaces. There a few recordings of the "Unreasonable effectiveness of multiple dispatch" talk that explains this: https://youtu.be/QTCKsqIK6nE https://youtu.be/QTCKsqIK6nE