Re: Bjarne Stroustrup: Is multiple dispatch a good thing? - Yes.

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Isaac Gouy wrote:
> "Languages that support multiple dispatch at run time (like Dylan
> and CLOS) do better and languages (such as C++) that support it at
> compile time can sometimes help a bit."
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc500572.aspx
>
>
> "Open Multi-Methods for C++"
>
> http://research.att.com/~bs/multimethods.pdf

"That work came too late for C++0x, though."

So we will have to wait another 5 years until C++ supports multiple 
dispatch. :-)


Radu

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