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I guess I'm one of those old people now who actually does remember reading about software patterns on the c2.com wiki, and being amazed by it, before Wikipedia

• thom 7y ago
  I HaveThisPattern.
  • DonHopkins 7y ago
    I was never very fond of WikiWords. But at least the links can tell a story, without you even needing to follow them. http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiWord http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiWord http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNames http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNames http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameAdvantages http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameAdvantages http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameDisadvantages http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameDisadvantages http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWikiWorks http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWikiWorks http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWikiWorksNot http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWikiWorksNot http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiWordsConsideredHarmful http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiWordsConsideredHarmful http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiSingleWordProblem http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiSingleWordProblem http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNamePluralProblem http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNamePluralProblem http://wiki.c2.com/?SolutionOfTheWikiNamePluralProblem http://wiki.c2.com/?SolutionOfTheWikiNamePluralProblem http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiPlacenameProblem http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiPlacenameProblem http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameInRealLifeSyndrome http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameInRealLifeSyndrome http://wiki.c2.com/?ApostropheCatastrophe http://wiki.c2.com/?ApostropheCatastrophe http://wiki.c2.com/?AccidentalLinking http://wiki.c2.com/?AccidentalLinking http://wiki.c2.com/?ChoosingWikiNames http://wiki.c2.com/?ChoosingWikiNames http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameModifiers http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameModifiers http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiWordPhrase http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiWordPhrase http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNamespaces http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNamespaces http://wiki.c2.com/?LinkPattern http://wiki.c2.com/?LinkPattern http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiCase http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiCase http://wiki.c2.com/?CamelCase http://wiki.c2.com/?CamelCase http://wiki.c2.com/?CamelVsNonCamel http://wiki.c2.com/?CamelVsNonCamel http://wiki.c2.com/?SyntacticallySignificantCapitalization http://wiki.c2.com/?SyntacticallySignificantCapitalization http://wiki.c2.com/?UnderscoreVersusCapitalAndLowerCaseVariableNaming http://wiki.c2.com/?UnderscoreVersusCapitalAndLowerCaseVaria... http://wiki.c2.com/?LongTitlesSmell http://wiki.c2.com/?LongTitlesSmell
• agumonkey 7y ago
  Not before wikipedia existed but I did lose myself countless times on this website. The most impressive side of it was the ratio of information over presentation. It's confusing to follow the discussions at times but you will make the effort without hesitating. 1/modern-web
• klipt 7y ago
  Some of their article titles are still hilarious, like http://wiki.c2.com/?SmugLispWeenie http://wiki.c2.com/?SmugLispWeenie
  • DonHopkins 7y ago
    I appreciate asking questions like "WhatsaControllerAnyway?" https://web.archive.org/web/20190321044743/http://wiki.c2.com/?WhatsaControllerAnyway https://web.archive.org/web/20190321044743/http://wiki.c2.co... And covering both sides of issues like: http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWeLoveLisp http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWeLoveLisp http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWeHateLisp http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWeHateLisp