[gozzoo]

The article is supposed to tell us why Jilia is better than R, but it mainly focuses on one feature - multiple dispatch. Can someone please explain - does multiple dispatch provide any advantage over other function call strategies, and even if it does how much effort would it save, how much shorter or less ambiguous our code would become.

[markkitti]

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

[xtalax]

This isn't even showcasing what multiple dispatch is, and its power, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc9HwsxE1OY