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Closure (computer programming)

In programming languages, a closure, also lexical closure or function closure, is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language with first-class functions. Operationally, a closure is a record storing a function together with an environment. The environment is a mapping associating each free variable of the function (variables…

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Closure (computer programming)

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Scheme.Other usesClosures have many usesinstance ofthey are commonly used in impure functional languages0.80text

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