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I had no idea Christopher Alexander was a software development luminary. I knew him via _A Pattern Language_, and I'm way more into architecture and physical sp
by wonder_er 5y ago
I had no idea Christopher Alexander was a software development luminary. I knew him via _A Pattern Language_, and I'm way more into architecture and physical space design than I am software. Now I'm mega interested to absorb his thoughts on software. I expect I'll be much better for it.
He's on my "recommended reading" list, I had _no_ idea he was so enmeshed in software: https://josh.works/recommended-reading#a-pattern-language-towns-buildings-construction https://josh.works/recommended-reading#a-pattern-language-to...
- amouat 5y agoHave a look at Patterns of Software by Richard Gabriel https://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf https://www.dreamsongs.com/Files/PatternsOfSoftware.pdf It's not so much that Alexander has thoughts on software but that others realised they could draw clear analogues.
- vanderZwan 5y agoIf I'm not mistaken his writing also inspired the first wiki