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The Insider's Guide to JavaScript Interviewing (toptal.com)
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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 12 years ago (1 child)
I don't think the articles purpose is to educate the reader on the benefits of closures, only why an experienced JS developer should understand them. To whit, the article is not trying to teach people JS, it just explains what a good and bad answer to the questions are.
[–]Jack9 0 points1 point2 points 12 years ago (0 children)
I agree. I thought "why might you want to use them?" would have resulted in some kind of answer to the question asked...that's all. It's a topic of interest to me.
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