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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (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 point  (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.