Inline anonymous functions don't have to look so funny. Here's an example in coffeescript that takes no arguments and performs a quick action: https://github.c

Inline anonymous functions don't have to look so funny. Here's an example in coffeescript that takes no arguments and performs a quick action: https://github.com/dpritchett/chatbox/blob/master/public/chatbox.coffee#L54 https://github.com/dpritchett/chatbox/blob/master/public/cha... Explanation: After the 500ms textbox fadeIn finishes it fires a an anonymous callback function which calls a 3000ms fadeOut.