Closures: Elixir vs. Ruby vs. JavaScriptPosted on 2015-06-14 Closures: Elixir vs. Ruby vs. JavaScript Closures are not the same across languages. Learn how they differ between Ruby, JavaScript and Elixir to avoid bugs and confusion. tl;dr Closures in Elixir prevent nasty side-effects. Closures in JavaScript are the worst of the three (suprirse, surprise!). Ruby is slightly better thanks to functional elements in the language, but not pe
