@foolmoron @cmuratori @mvandevander And the word 'closure' annoys me for some reason, although it might sound more appropriate than lambda.
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Replying to @AbnerCoimbre
@AbnerCoimbre@foolmoron@mvandevander I don't like "closure" or "lambda". Neither relate to real life they way "function" does.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cmuratori
@AbnerCoimbre@foolmoron@mvandevander "Lambda" is especially weird because why couldn't we just say "anonymous function"?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cmuratori
@AbnerCoimbre@foolmoron@mvandevander It drags a bunch of conceptual formalism and CS theory into something that didn't need it.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori@AbnerCoimbre@foolmoron@mvandevander well in javascript... ok I'll let myself out.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Winchestro
@Winchestro@cmuratori@foolmoron@mvandevander What bothers me is there's no explicit benefit out of that formalism.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AbnerCoimbre
@Winchestro@cmuratori@foolmoron@mvandevander Like why da frack spend time going against the well-understood concept of a function1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AbnerCoimbre
@Winchestro@cmuratori@foolmoron@mvandevander and make it so it's a special form of the almighty closure?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AbnerCoimbre
@Winchestro@cmuratori@foolmoron@mvandevander Or say it's similar to lambda in other languages but oh noes, not here in Swift Naval Base.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AbnerCoimbre
@Winchestro@cmuratori@foolmoron@mvandevander What's the purpose of all this? Has anybody asked them? Or call it fiddle sticks and move on2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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