I wholeheartedly concur with this ethos, and agree with the principle statement that it is the Language which matters, more than the patterns themselves. Compu

I wholeheartedly concur with this ethos, and agree with the principle statement that it is the Language which matters, more than the patterns themselves. Computer software is a form of literature. The most important thing is how well the language of this corpus persists. That only happens through usage. Thus, by slide 6, I was prepared for a "because: Lisp" argument, and .. there it was.