# Why there is no OOP (object oriented programming) in Julia?

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Overloading is definitely similar to multiple dispatch, but they’re not quite the same. See this long discussion:

> [@Claim (false): Julia isn't multiple dispatch but overloading](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/claim-false-julia-isnt-multiple-dispatch-but-overloading/42370):
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> I heard a rumour that Julia’s multiple dispatch is “fake news”, in reality it’s overloading because you compile the function before it is run and all you are doing in Julia is just a series of compile and run actions. Is this true? Thanks in advance.

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