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I've never really like the word "anti-pattern". Anti-patterns are still patterns of sorts instead of pure entropy. How about just "common mistakes" or "discour
by ekns 9y ago
I've never really like the word "anti-pattern". Anti-patterns are still patterns of sorts instead of pure entropy.
How about just "common mistakes" or "discouraged/deprecated/error-prone/incorrect patterns" or something?
- talideon 9y agoThat's a common usage of the prefix 'anti-', however. You see it in things like antihero (still a hero), antiparticle (still particle), &c., where it means 'opposite, contrasting with the norm'.
- paulddraper 9y agoOr antithesis (still a thesis). Anti just means "against". The opponent could also fit the suffix (antithesis) or not (antisocial). Contrast with "non" or "a" or "un'.
- danidiaz 9y agoHow about "cacopattern"? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_words_prefixed_with_caco- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_words_prefix...
- contravariant 9y agoI guess it came from the tendency to call a technique that is frequently useful a 'pattern'. Oddly enough the DRY principle seems to discourage patterns, but in the end it seems that it's a matter of moderation.