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Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello folks,

Would anyone be able to give a clear, simplistic idea of what is a closure and what it is used for (maybe with a example). I have read the description in the Camel book 'Programming Perl' but it just doesn't seem to compute? any clarity thankfully received!