Re: Closures in PHP

On Mon, January 14, 2008 8:13 pm, Larry Garfield wrote: > On Monday 14 January 2008, Richard Lynch wrote: >> If you want something that esoteric, go use Lisp. :-) > > You are aware that of the "modern" web languages (PHP, Javascript, > Python, > Ruby, etc.) PHP is the only one that doesn't have at least partial > closures > and dynamic functions, right? PHP has create_function, which is a (very) partial closure. And, really, I don't see it as a big lack either... I've needed a stupid one-liner un-named function in PHP, and create_function is awkward as [bleep] but it does work... I've never felt the need for a full-blown closure, in over a decade. But maybe that's just because I like to keep things simple. -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?