> How fast the multimethods dispatch performs with large taxonomies
> compared to Java inheritance or small taxonomies? For example, a 1000
> or thousands elements in different taxonomies (or even a million?). Is
> it designed to perform well in such cases?

I've used hundreds of keywords in a hierarchy 2-4 layers deep;  
everything is fast. As Rich pointed out, inheritance hierarchies are  
expanded, so there's no tree walking.

I would have no fear going up in the thousands. Do some experiments! :)

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