In the other extreme, if you use a sufficient advanced language, all your language patterns are actually checked by the compiler and/or interpreter, instead of

In the other extreme, if you use a sufficient advanced language, all your language patterns are actually checked by the compiler and/or interpreter, instead of the programmer. They stop being patterns and are just language features. I've heard people mention that a lot, but the only concrete example the ever give is "you don't need the strategy pattern because of first class functions", which is doesn't hold up when you examine it closely.