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Re:Is this how news.ycombinator.com runs? (Ctrl+F for "Closu... by ced on Saturday April 28, 2007 @09:38AM (#17686)
[silly test to see if they remove the closure from the HT once it's used, and the answer seems no]
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Re:Is this how news.ycombinator.com runs? (Ctrl+F for "Closu... by pg on Saturday April 28, 2007 @04:59PM (#17764)
Correct, unless the closure explicitly removes itself when executed, of course.
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