Hi,

# "Stuart Zakon" wrote:
# > Can somebody please explain what a closure is within the context of
# > Ruby? (Simple explanation, simple example).
#
# I too would be grateful for such an explanation. "Closure" has become
# trendy in recent years, but I'm humble enough (not really! ;-) to
# admit I haven't a clue what it is. ;-}

I'll leave the explanations to others, but it might be useful to know that
they sometimes come in handy for use in GUIs as callback functions for
buttons and such.

Conrad Schneiker
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