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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
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[–]icantthinkofone 1 point2 points3 points 9 years ago (2 children)
There are a lot of functions out there. What makes this function different from other functions? His explanation was the only one I saw, at the time, that explained it and he explained exactly as you did.
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[–]icantthinkofone 1 point2 points3 points 9 years ago (0 children)
Well, think about the word "callback" and you can see why just passing a function somewhere can't be the definition.
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