# Multiple dispatch explained

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**Created:** [June 26, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiple-dispatch-explained/42117 "2020-06-26T17:15:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiple-dispatch-explained/42117/1 "2020-06-26T17:15:28Z")

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The first post in a series on Julia basics:  
What is multiple dispatch with an example and a comparison to function overloading in C++.

> **[Julia Basics: Multiple Dispatch](https://opensourc.es/blog/basics-multiple-dispatch/)**
>
> Series of Julia basics: What is multiple dispatch? Explanation on how to use it and why it is powerful.

Critique is still more than welcome 🙂

Also got some on Reddit mentioning packages like:  
[multipledispatch · PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/multipledispatch/) for Python.