Meet Ruby’s Secret Siblings: Procs & Lambdas Made Fun
Procs and Lambdas in Ruby — The Cousins You Need to Know Procs and Lambdas in Ruby — The Cousins You Need to Know Published on June 09, 2025 • CodeCraft Diaries #6 "If methods are the parents and blocks are the kids, then Procs and Lambdas are the cool cousins who show up late but save the day with reusable logic." 🔍 Wait... Blocks Have Relatives? Yes, they do. Blocks are amazing, but sometimes you want to reuse them, store them in variables, or pass them around like a tray of samosas at a tech meetup. That’s where Procs and Lambdas come in — Ruby’s way of giving blocks a full-time job. 👶 Quick Recap: What’s a Block? def greet yield end greet { puts "Hello from the block!" } Blocks are anonymous chunks of code you can pass to methods. But blocks can’t live on their own — Procs and Lambdas can. 🧑🤝🧑 Meet Proc and Lambda 📦 What is a Proc? A Proc is like a block with a backpack — you can carry ...