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| | | | | Functional programming has a bit of jargon, but that doesn't have to stop you from understanding core concepts | |
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| | | In this post, I'm going to attempt to explain what closures are and how to use them. Many modern (and some not-so-modern) programming languages contain support for closures, but for the purposes of this article I'm going to be using JavaScript. I've chosen JavaScript for a few reasons: Ubiquity: If you have a web browser then you have a JavaScript interpreter Simplicity: JavaScript is conceptually a fairly simple language (especially if you limit yourself to its Good Parts), compared to other dynamic scripting languages such as Python and Ruby Familiarity: If you've used any of the C family of languages (e. | ||