Closures vs Objects Debate
The cluster centers on debates about closures in programming, particularly the adage 'closures are a poor man’s objects; objects are poor man’s closures,' exploring their definitions, equivalences, differences from lambdas, and implementations across languages like JavaScript, Ruby, and Rust.
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Why do closures suck? What are they missing?
closures are a poor man's objects…
"When will you learn? Closures are a poor man's object."
Closures really are poor man's objects.
Closures are poor man's objects and vice versa.
So, closures are indeed poor man's objects.
What do first-class closures have to do with anything?
The use of 'closure' is an idiomatic shortcut to express that.
Maybe I'm missing something here: but what's the point of closures without functions as first class variables?
That's why closures are a poor man's objects. :-)