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Does anyone know if the "Gang of Four" who wrote the seminal book "Design Patterns" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by xrd 8y ago
Does anyone know if the "Gang of Four" who wrote the seminal book "Design Patterns" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns) intended to share the same name with the ignominious Gang of Four from Chinese history (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_of_Four, as noted in this article)? Was this a hidden reference? Or, was this obliviousness on their part? Or, were they branded that way without their consent?
- gumby 8y agoIt was just a fun play on words, especially as it jocularly made them out to be "promulgating a doctrine".
- lazyasciiart 8y agoI don't think they came up with it - http://wiki.c2.com/?GangOfFour http://wiki.c2.com/?GangOfFour
- xrd 8y agoI think nowadays the most interesting thing happening on Hacker News is why people downvote comments. Really?