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"We chose Smalltalk and C++ for pragmatic reasons: Our day-to-day experience has been in these languages and they are increasingly popular." "Design Patterns:

• pjmlp 5y ago
  Indeed, because there were plenty of other ones to chose from, like VB, Clipper, CA-Visual Objects, a couple of 4GL that were quite trendy as well, Objective-C. You forgot to check the publishing date, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns Publication date => 1994 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) First public release => 1995
  • igouy 5y ago
    > You forgot to check the publishing date No I did not.
    • pjmlp 5y ago
      Apparently you did, because that was the whole point, all this stuff predates Java.
      • igouy 5y ago
        Apparently you believe you have certain knowledge about what I did or did not do. You don't. I do.
        • pjmlp 5y ago
          Regardless of who you are, you cannot reinvent historical facts, unless you want to share with us how to do it.
          • igouy 5y ago
            Once more, I did not "forgot to check the publishing date".
            • pjmlp 5y ago
              Then please explain to the audience what was the point of the comment written as if Java was around, just not chosen for the book.
              • igouy 5y ago
                That’s you mis-reading between the lines. The authors’ statement is clear.