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Re:Vim's 25th anniversary and the release of Vim 8 by YeGoblynQueenne on Thursday February 09, 2017 @01:22PM (#13609381)
Vimscript now has lambdas and closures!

Also:

https://github.com/idanarye/vim-smile

Vim now has a ":smile" command :D

Re:Vim's 25th anniversary and the release of Vim 8 by bubblesocks on Thursday February 09, 2017 @05:52PM (#13611789)
I just picked up this book on writing Vim plugins and scripts:

https://pragprog.com/book/bkviml/the-viml-primer

It has been good so far.