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That's a totally legitimate point. I'm just pointing out that the quoted bit would lead the reader to believe that a block is defined as a closure. The problem

• chimeracoder 14y ago
  > The problem is almost everyone I talk to in the startup scene thinks that an anonymous function/block == a closure. This is a big pet peeve of mine - I keep seeing people use 'closure' as a synonym for 'lambda'. It's a simple error, but it bugs the hell out of me. Then again, it's a dead giveaway that the person has never programmed in a functional paradigm, which may be a good thing to know, depending on the context.