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by morelisp 1415 days ago
> objc_msgsend, which is _much_ slower than a virtual function call or even a Qt signal.

objc_msgsend is slower than a virtual function, but like 1.1x-2x, not 10x. (In rare cases it can even be faster due to it being a little more predictor-friendly.)

https://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2016-04-15-performa...