If you’re thinking that procs and lambdas look super similar, that’s because they are! There are only two main differences.
First, a lambda checks the number of arguments passed to it, while a proc does not. This means that a lambda will throw an error if you pass it the wrong number of arguments, whereas a proc will ignore unexpected arguments and assign nil to any that are missing.
Second, when a lambda returns, it passes control back to the calling method; when a proc returns, it does so immediately, without going back to the calling method.
To see how this works, take a look at the code in the editor. Our first method calls a proc; the second calls a lambda.
Instructions
Click Run to see the return values. See how the proc says Batman will win? This is because it returns immediately, without going back to the batman_ironman_proc method.
Our lambda, however, goes back into the method after being called, so the method returns the last code it evaluates: "Iron Man will win!"
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