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<node id="269271" title="Re: (On Speed Diff, etc.) Closure on Closures (beta)" created="2003-06-26 11:36:58" updated="2005-08-07 10:44:45">
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Abigail-II</author>
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;
     Object is data wrapped in methods.&lt;br&gt;
     Closure is subroutine wrapped in data
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
It's actually the other way around. An object exposes data,
a closure exposes code. As Tom C. used to say:
&lt;blockquote&gt;
An object is data that knows which code acts on it.&lt;br&gt;
A closure is code that knows which data to act on.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Abigail</field>
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