From: Chad Perrin Date: 2006-08-02T09:07:24+09:00 Subject: Re: I thought this was the one that worked? On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:30:10AM +0900, Just Another Victim of the Ambient Morality wrote: > > "Jacob Fugal" wrote in message > news:507567670608011307pb9f6642j538e2142092f88ff@mail.gmail.com... > > On 8/1/06, Chad Perrin 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... I probably will. Doing so during this discussion would have come off as trying to "cheat", though. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] "There comes a time in the history of any project when it becomes necessary to shoot the engineers and begin production." - MacUser, November 1990