What is a closure in computer science?
Q: What is a closure in computer science?
A: A closure is a function that has an environment of its own.
Q: What does the environment of a closure contain?
A: The environment of a closure contains at least one bound variable.
Q: Who gave the idea of closure its name?
A: Peter J. Landin gave the idea of closure its name in 1964.
Q: Which programming language made closures popular after 1975?
A: The Scheme programming language made closures popular after 1975.
Q: Are anonymous functions and closures the same thing?
A: Anonymous functions are sometimes wrongly called closures, but not all anonymous functions are closures.
Q: What makes an anonymous function a closure?
A: An anonymous function is a closure if it has an environment of its own with at least one bound variable.
Q: Is a named closure anonymous?
A: No, a named closure is not anonymous.
