---
layout: developer-doc
title: Dispatch
category: semantics
tags: [semantics, dispatch, runtime]
order: 3
---

# Dispatch

Enso has support for functions that are both statically and dynamically
dispatched. We call the first ones _functions_, while the latter are referred to
as _methods_.

<!-- MarkdownTOC levels="2,3" autolink="true" -->

- [Static Dispatch](#static-dispatch)
- [Dynamic Dispatch](#dynamic-dispatch)

<!-- /MarkdownTOC -->

## Static Dispatch

> The actionables for this section are:
>
> - Specify the semantics of static dispatch in Enso.

## Dynamic Dispatch

> The actionables for this section are:
>
> - Specify the semantics of dynamic dispatch in Enso.