Closures did indeed blow my mind when I first decided to properly look into them, having originally assumed that JavaScript was "just like a very limited Java w

Closures did indeed blow my mind when I first decided to properly look into them, having originally assumed that JavaScript was "just like a very limited Java with a couple of weird syntax quirks" ;) Ah, the perils of teaching yourself a language using really, really old web tutorials. I do wish something like PromoteJS.com had been around when I was learning...