From: Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality <ihatespam@...>
Date: 2006-08-02T08:30:10+09:00
Subject: Re: I thought this was the one that worked?


"Jacob Fugal" <lukfugl@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:507567670608011307pb9f6642j538e2142092f88ff@mail.gmail.com...
> On 8/1/06, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 01:28:45AM +0900, Jacob Fugal wrote:
>> > You seem set in the belief that a closure is around a specific
>> > variable or group of variables. If those variables don't exist, then
>> > the closure must not exist. Unfortunately the current definition on
>> > Wikipedia (which I consider useful, but not authoritative) reflects
>> > that type of thinking.
>>
>> The current definition on Wikipedia is scattered, vague, and without
>> salient points on this matter.  I've read through the thing from end to
>> end, and the article spends an awful lot of time failing to concretely
>> define a closure.
>
> On that, we can agree. :)

    If you two agree then... why don't you improve it?  It's a wiki, after 
all...