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There is something almost endearingly quaint about the author's earnest excitement over a verbose closure implementation and a procedural incarnation of the map method, like hearing a hunter-gatherer describe in awe the magic pictures in a box which is in reality a junked television set from 30 years ago.

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Mmmmmm, sweet condescension. Nothing floats my boat higher than expressing superiority to PHP developers. They actually consider themselves to be real programmers, aren't they just the cutest?

GP's phrasing aside, it does make the article read as though the author has never used any other closure implementation (and, by extension, any other programming language).

Well, perhaps he hasn't used any other closure implementation... why would that merit mockery? I doubt the same tone would be taken if he were a Ruby novice adulating over block syntax. It's just hip to condescend to PHP developers.

I'm only observing that the article comes across weirdly as a result, especially when the author makes judgments like "simple". Not defending the condescension. (Though the same tone might well be taken if he were a Ruby novice writing articles titled "A Look at Ruby's Continuing Evolution".)

It's this dead horse again. Let's beat it!

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