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// I always thought this really interesting in JavaScript, and doesn't seem to work the same in C# or Python.
get_counter = function() {
var counter = 0;
return function() {
print(counter); counter++;
}
};
..
js> counter1 = get_counter();
..
js> counter1();
0
js> counter1();
1
js> counter2 = get_counter();
..
js> counter2()
0
js> counter1()
2
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