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==Don't start with Lisp==
I don't think the initial examples should be in Lisp. Here's why: the vast majority of Lisp programmer will already be familiar with closures, but a lot of people who navigate to this page will tend to be people who aren't familiar with Lisp (if they were familiar with Lisp, they'd probably know what a closure was already). I'd suggest (for the initial examples) some language which has syntax which is more C-like. Maybe javascript? Or maybe pseudocode. Of course, definitely include the Lisp code later. Just not the very first thing. Does anyone else agree?
:This will probably be a controversial suggestion as Lisp advocates will argue that the language is directly rooted in lambda calculus. Still, I think it is a good idea. I would suggest using Eiffel for such intro examples because it's an imperative language, close to what most people use, and yet the syntax is very clear and the notion of agent directly represents the mathematical concept of closure. I am willing to do it but I will wait to see if there is some agreement. [[User:Necklace|Necklace]] 22:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
==Closures in Perl==
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