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		grunt on Aug 28, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How To Let People Know You're A Bad Python Program... Only since Python 3000, with the addition of the "nonlocal" declaration, can python claim to have closures. And yes, Python does also have "first-class functions"--in the same way that C has first-class functions. It's the "anonymous" part that it has difficulty with.

ubernostrum on Aug 28, 2009 [–]

Glad to know I can add you to my list of people who believe that Haskell does not (and by definition cannot) have closures.

blasdel on Aug 28, 2009 | [–]

You can't have closures without variables to close over! :)

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