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I have never heard of Christopher Alexander (and Quora is unusable). Who is he?
by adastra22 1y ago
I have never heard of Christopher Alexander (and Quora is unusable). Who is he?
- leoc 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Alexander https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Alexander An architect best known for being a design theorist: maybe a(n interesting) crank? In 1977 he wrote A Pattern Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pattern_Language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Pattern_Language which was the inspiration for the original CS Design Patterns book https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns .
- xyzzy3000 1y agoAn influential architect whose ideas form the basis of 'design patterns' in software development.