"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...