[Newbies] Block and Closure

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Bert" == Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> writes:

>> Not necessarily. I could see an implementation where i would be 4.


Bert> And how exactly does that statement help a beginner to understand the
Bert> distinction between a BlockContext and a BlockClosure? ;)

It doesn't.  I was just pointing out a presumption about "the residual value
of things after they go out of scope" and/or "ways to implement a loop".

:-)

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