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difference between function pointers in C and java script functions? Like in C we can pass functions as parameters and execute that function with in other function. In java script also we can pass function basically objects as parameters. Are both the concepts same?

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    Yes, they work the same. – Derek Pollard Nov 24 '16 at 03:06
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    Passing functions and calling them is essentially the same. The big difference is that Javascript functions are closures, C function pointers are not. If you don't understand that, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/111102/how-do-javascript-closures-work?rq=1 – Barmar Nov 24 '16 at 03:15
  • @Derek No they're not. There are similarities, but javascript function objects are much more powerful than C function pointers. – Gene Nov 24 '16 at 03:30
  • @gene no they're not what? They both work the exact way as OP described. – Derek Pollard Nov 24 '16 at 03:33
  • @Derek Folow Barmar's advice and read about closures. Javascript functions bind the environment of the scope where they're defined. C functions don't. E.g. in javascript you can say `var make_incrementer = function(by) { return function (x) { return x + by } }; f = make_incrementer(3); alert(f(7))` This will print 10. C function pointers don't allow that. – Gene Nov 24 '16 at 03:44
  • @gene that wasn't the question though – Derek Pollard Nov 24 '16 at 04:10

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