Ok, yes, it's good to enforce the usefulness of the forum by cutting out dead weight, but when you see things like this getting closed, while the equivalent Stack Overflow questionequivalent Stack Overflow question is still open...
Might that not be a sign that you're being just a tad overzealous on the Programmers board? Especially since the question in question is arguably a better fit for Programmers than SO (subjective, non-coding, programming related).