Have a look at:
http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.3/manual/types/

Abstract:
- no instances
- can be used as parents of other types

type/immutable:
- can create instances of them

Both can be used for dispatch in functions.

Best try it out.

On Tue, 2014-11-11 at 17:13, Spencer Lyon <[email protected]> wrote:
> What are the differences/advantages of following:
>
>
> ```
> # 1
> abstract MyType
>
> #2
> type MyType end
> ```
>
> Is there any reason to prefer one over the other?

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