__rcall__???
David C. Ullrich
ullrich at math.okstate.edu
Wed Dec 22 13:34:05 EST 1999
Tres Seaver wrote:
> [...]
>
> * double dispatch
> selecting the method to be called based on the classes of both objects
> involved (as distinct from single dispatch, like a virtual function in
> C++,
>
> * multimethods (Lisp and derivatives)
> all arguments contribute to the selection algorithm.
>
> * Visitor
> a design pattern [1] used to implement double dispatch in languages
> which don't have multimethods as a native construct.
>
> [1] "design pattern" is the meme to use when searching: try hillside.net for
> starters
Thanks. (Searching on "LISP + Visitor" turned up fascinating stuff about
the Knights of the Lambda Calculus, Chaitin's Omega, etc, but I not what
I was looking for.)
> [...]
> >
> > Wondering-whether-you-guys-find-your-'-'-keys-wear-out-first'ly,
>
> yes-but-sinterklaas-brings-us-new-ones-each-year'ly,
Oh-I-see'ly,
DU
>
> Tres.
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