Variant on My C++ Technical Bloghttps://konstantd.github.io/tags/variant/Recent content in Variant on My C++ Technical BlogHugo -- 0.155.3en-usWed, 13 May 2026 21:55:47 +0300Literally Everything You Need to Know About the Cost of Runtime Dispatch And How to Avoid Ithttps://konstantd.github.io/posts/get-rid-of-runtime-dispatch/Wed, 13 May 2026 21:55:47 +0300https://konstantd.github.io/posts/get-rid-of-runtime-dispatch/<p>When writing classic Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in C++, we are taught to design our systems using polymorphism. We define a base class with virtual functions, inherit from it, and manipulate those objects using base class pointers.</p> <p>At runtime, the program dynamically selects the correct function execution based on the actual object type. This is known as <strong>dynamic (or runtime) dispatch</strong>. We will see below exactly what is happening behind the scenes.</p>