That's a good concise explanation. The book "High Performance JavaScript"[0] also does a good job explaining how closures work, and includes some visuals that r

That's a good concise explanation. The book "High Performance JavaScript"[0] also does a good job explaining how closures work, and includes some visuals that really hammered it home I thought. [0] -- http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596802806.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596802806.do