Why can I not pass a function call (rather than a function reference or an anonymous function) to setTimeout()?

Question

Please ignore the fact that this code achieves nothing and apologies for what\'s probably an inane question!

I understand that I cannot pass a function call into

Answer 1

The correct way of passing a function reference is to use callbacks.

names.forEach(name => setTimeout(function() {
    printer(name);
}, 1000));

callbacks contains reference to the function.

setTimeout(callbackFunction, milliseconds);