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The article explains why closures are a poor man's objects. Be sure to read the comments to see why objects are a poor man's closures.

• w0utert 14y ago
  The comments do in fact contain more interesting insights than the article itself. Good discussion.
• zanny 14y ago
  Both are a poor mans structs with name mangling!
  • anonymous 14y ago
    But really, those are all just fancy names for 'void*' for people who can't remember two things at once.
    • cpeterso 14y ago
      A pointer itself is not a composite data type. It can't remember two things at once.
      • jerf 14y ago
        void* is the zombo.com of pointers. It can do anything. The fact that it can do absolutely, utterly anything is precisely why it is useless.
        • lurker14 14y ago
          Useless? The software running the computer you are typing on is full of void*.
          • jerf 14y ago
            All the pointers are void *; and yet, none of them are.