[garindra]

In the browser environment, people usually use quite a few inline anonymous functions. Javascript is great at this since you can define full-blown anonymous functions anywhere.

Python, on the other hand, is definitely one of the worst at this. You can only create one-line, single-expression anonymous function with its lambda keyword. Of all the languages you want to convert to JS so that it runs on the browser, Python is probably the last.

[zo1]

I really don't understand this obsession with anonymous functions. If you're doing anything longer than one line, there is absolutely no reason why you should be sticking the entire function definition as a parameter.

I've had great usage from Javascript where I have separate functions with proper names and formatting, and then pass a reference to them into the code that asks for them.

Can someone please enlighten me about this whole anonymous functions thing that Javascript seems to have popularized? What are some of the pro's of using it over regular named/defined functions that sit by themselves and are reusable.

[hajile]

I suggest you read SICP and gain an appreciation for higher-order functions. Once you do, you will probably have answered your own question. http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/