Re: Lightweight Languages Workshop (DDJ Article)

[address@hidden (Greg C)]

Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@killerbytes.com> wrote in message news:<B879BAA4.65EB%scott_ribe@killerbytes.com>...
> > Can't confirm or deny it. But the Eiffel implementors insist that they
> > have found a solution with add just a constant factor to each
> > Methodinvocation. Well one have to admit Eiffel ist not very dynamic
> > and the compiler has to do a Full System check each time. Maybe than
> > it's possible to come to such a solution.
> 
> But Eiffel only does single dispatch [...]

Nonsense. Here's an article describing dynamic dispatch in the GNU Eiffel compiler. 

http://smalleiffel.loria.fr/papers/papers.html#OOPSLA97