A lot of jQuery stuff uses what I call the 'function' method, both seem to have benefits and drawbacks, so I'm wondering which method you use when designing JavaScript classes and why you take ...

‘Higher-order functions’ is a fancy term for functions that take other functions as arguments or that return functions. Very powerful!

JavaScript has a very powerful function system, where functions can be referenced just like any other variable. This is known as “first-class functions” and it’s a big source of JavaScript ...

IIRC C++ does not allow methods to be passed as function pointers. if b () were outside a class (a global function) it could be passed safely. Static methods might also be callable, but I'm not sure.