Wow, that looks like a fun paper. I'm going to read the rest of it later. But I must protest at your equating it to design patterns. I wish design patterns woul

Wow, that looks like a fun paper. I'm going to read the rest of it later. But I must protest at your equating it to design patterns. I wish design patterns would go away. They're clumsy and mislead people. Good software intuition is something more refined and ineffable. It can't be written up or formalized any more than mathematical craft can, or poetic craft for that matter. By pretending it can, design patterns poisoned the culture. I'd bet money Cheng isn't talking about anything like that.