I think the vocabulary has been there, it's just very poorly taught/communicated. The c2 wiki was where I first encountered it. Old OOPSLA program proceedings

I think the vocabulary has been there, it's just very poorly taught/communicated. The c2 wiki was where I first encountered it. Old OOPSLA program proceedings, if you can find them, have some jewels among the cruft. And there is always Smalltalk Best Practice Patterns...