found the source of "don't use closures" crap

Some Eric Lippert from Microsoft: "Don't use closures unless you really need closure semantics. In most cases, non-nested functions are the right way to go."

I think I have the right to call this "MSDN Guru" an idiot. But look at the comments. Everybody is smarter than he is.

Yes, it's from 2003; but, hmm, were people so stupid in 2003? I don't think so. Just individual representatives.