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Design patterns don't have much to do with 'good code'. Many(most?) 'design patterns' are just standard ways of coming up with abstractions that your language
by outworlder 4y ago
Design patterns don't have much to do with 'good code'.
Many(most?) 'design patterns' are just standard ways of coming up with abstractions that your language does not provide. It's no wonder that particular book became popular at around the same time a particular programming language saw large adoption.
- hinkley 4y agoPeople like to read Christopher Alexander because he decomposes problems and you understand why. So many people compared the two but in hindsight I think they were trying to say, "Read this, it's much better" without calling out the GoF book directly. Unfortunately what I felt and observed in others was that some sort of equivalence was being made, adding to and drawing out the confusion.