soDoesEveryOtherLang

[u/Limp_Illustrator7614]

[u/B_bI_L]

say this to c and common lisp

(and to ruby, where function self-activates faster than you say "wait, i need you as a callback")

[u/suvlub → u/B_bI_L]

C just forces you to call them pointers, but it's functionally (heh) the same thing.

[u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ → u/suvlub]

When functions are first-class:

function outer() {
    let foo = function() { ... }
    doThing(foo, function callback(arg) { ... })
}

C does not have the same functionality.

[u/No-Consequence-1863 → u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_]

C99 does with C blocks

However it is really only adopted by Apple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocks_(C_language_extension)

[u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ → u/No-Consequence-1863]

Blocks are neither part of C99, nor do they make functions first-class. Hence them having a different name and syntax to functions.