Even in Java, most patterns can be implemented just fine in a small chunk of library code using the language's existing facilities for abstraction. I think the

Even in Java, most patterns can be implemented just fine in a small chunk of library code using the language's existing facilities for abstraction. I think the relative popularity of design patterns in the Java community has less to do with the verbosity of the language than with historical accident (design patterns became popular at around the same time as Java).