function_comparison.js

function complex_function() {
	var local_variable = "foo"; // gets defined every time complex_function is run
	var result;
	
	var private_helper = function() { // this function gets declared every time complex_function is run
		return local_variable;
	};
	
	
	// ok, this is actually what this function does
	result = private_helper();
	
	return result;
}

Ruby.puts(complex_function());


var another_complex_function = (function() {
	var local_variable = "bar"; // defined once
	
	
	var private_helper = function() { // defined once
		return local_variable;
	};
	
	var do_stuff = function() {
		var result;
		result = private_helper();
		return result;
	};
	
	return do_stuff;
})();

Ruby.puts(another_complex_function());