Of closures and objects A couple of months ago one of my coworkers posted the following little koan (source) in our Slack chat and mentioned that he himself has not yet attained enlightenment: The venerable master Qc Na was walking with his student, Anton. Hoping to prompt the master into a discussion, Anton said “Master, I have heard that objects are a very good thing — is this true?” Qc Na looked pityingly at his student and replied, “Foolish pupil — objects are merely a poor man...
