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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:21:34 -0800
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Comments: In reply to Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
 "Re: anonymous functions" (Feb 11, 10:17am)
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On Feb 11, 10:17am, Bart Schaefer wrote:
}
} On Feb 11, 12:17pm, Greg Klanderman wrote:
} } 
} } Why are these things called 'anonymous functions'?  That name connotes
} } lambda
} 
} Unfortunately it really only means an unnamed function for scoping

Oops, sorry, I read Greg's sentence as "What are ...?" so the rest of
that doesn't really follow.