Well, hey, let's just make everything into a closure, and then we'll have our general garbage collector, installed by 'use less memory'.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker jokes about turning everything into a closure to get a general garbage collector that uses less memory.
- In plain terms
- Make everything a closure for a memory‑saving garbage collector.
- What can you take from it?
- Beware of over‑engineering solutions for memory management.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is a closure the right tool?
- What are the trade‑offs of using closures for memory?
Another view
Closures can add overhead and complexity.
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The code also assumes that it's difficult to misspell 'a' or 'b'. :-)
Permalink to quote #155 People who understand context would be steamed to have someone else dictating how they can call it.
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