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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions src/website/page.gleam
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Expand Up @@ -1781,6 +1781,11 @@ pub fn frequently_asked_questions(ctx: site.Context) -> fs.File {
html.text("Will Gleam have metaprogramming?"),
]),
]),
html.li([], [
html.a([attr.href("#why-does-not-gleam-have-function-overloading")], [
html.text("Why does not Gleam have function overloading?"),
]),
]),
html.li([], [
html.a([attr.href("#how-is-message-passing-typed")], [
html.text("How is message passing typed?"),
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1901,6 +1906,21 @@ discussion",
]),
html.text("."),
]),
html.h2([attr.id("why-does-not-gleam-have-function-overloading")], [
html.text("Why does not Gleam have function overloading?"),
]),
html.p([], [
html.text("Function overloading is type of polymorphism known as "),
html.em([], [html.text("ad hoc polymorphism")]),
html.text("."),
]),
html.p([], [
html.text(
"Gleam's design philosophy is about simplicity and explicitness, because of this we favour
just having multiple functions with obvious titles than one with many overloads. This makes you
choose specific implementation over genral one.",
),
]),
html.h2([attr.id("does-gleam-have-mutable-state")], [
html.text("Does Gleam have mutable state?"),
]),
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