That's right. The programmer may not be stupid at all. He or she may just be in the middle of learning patterns. One might say that only stupid speakers make s

That's right. The programmer may not be stupid at all. He or she may just be in the middle of learning patterns. One might say that only stupid speakers make simple grammatical errors. Or they might be beginners in a second language. I hope and expect to always be a beginner in something in my life, whether it's a new computer or human language, a new craft, or some other new way of thinking. By the way, Peter Norvig says that in Dylan or Lisp, 16 of 23 patterns are either invisible or simpler. That's from the "Design Patterns in Dylan or Lisp" slide from his Design Patterns presentation at: http://www.norvig.com/design-patterns/ http://www.norvig.com/design-patterns/