The factory pattern in Java exists because a type / a class is not a "first-class" concept. You can't pass around a class so that it gets constructed at some ot

The factory pattern in Java exists because a type / a class is not a "first-class" concept. You can't pass around a class so that it gets constructed at some other point. Python (which I believe inherits from Smalltalk) has a different object system, which makes the factory pattern irrelevant.