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daxfohl on Aug 25, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: What’s New in C# 7.0

Isn't that more an example of `multiple dispatch` rather than `pattern matching`?

muhmi on Aug 25, 2016 | [–]

Both :) You can pattern match in function head (definition)

http://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/pattern-matching.html

sergiotapia on Aug 25, 2016 | [–]

In Elixir land it's been taught to me as pattern matching. I have never heard of `multiple dispatch`.

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