That's what I'm talking about, too. Design patterns aren't that hard. Maintainability and readability are obvious, if you've got good examples to follow. Sure,

That's what I'm talking about, too. Design patterns aren't that hard. Maintainability and readability are obvious, if you've got good examples to follow. Sure, it may take a couple years for a developer who's absolutely stuck in the mud. But a good developer already knows multiple languages, already is familiar with multiple paradigms, and is capable of meta-cognition to recognize what the new patterns are, how they are useful, and apply them.