It isn't really about the advantages of anonymous functions over named functions but rather closures (first-class functions) over anonymous functions. Here is

It isn't really about the advantages of anonymous functions over named functions but rather closures (first-class functions) over anonymous functions. Here is a good explanation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/220658/what-is-the-difference-between-a-closure-and-a-lambda http://stackoverflow.com/questions/220658/what-is-the-differ...