Today I'll talk about multiple dispatch, a programming language feature that increases flexibility of method calls and eliminates the need for awkward pattern constructions, at the cost of some additional complexity in the dispatch algorithm. The Visitor pattern Those who have read the Gang of...

Although one of my favorite languages, C++ has a number of issues that make it difficult to write and maintain. One of the worst is its compilation model: you import declarations using fragile literal text inclusion ( #include ), and you have to waste your time keeping these declarations redundantly...