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I think Peter Norvig's quote "Design patterns are bug reports against your programming language" is a perfect fit for this situation.
by sepeth 12y ago
I think Peter Norvig's quote "Design patterns are bug reports against your programming language" is a perfect fit for this situation.
- Argorak 12y agoI'd really like to see a reputable source for this statement. All I can find are people attributing that quote to Peter Norvig. What I can find, is this: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AreDesignPatternsMissingLanguageFeatures http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AreDesignPatternsMissingLanguageFeatu...
- kyrra 12y agoLooks like it's from a slide deck[0] (maybe a presentation) he did. I know it's not the exact quote, but he may have said it in a talk? (slide 4) "What Are Design Patterns: To avoid limitations of implementation language" [0] http://norvig.com/design-patterns/ http://norvig.com/design-patterns/
- kyrra 12y agoLooks like the site is down now? Archive.org link for it: https://web.archive.org/web/20141224143931/http://norvig.com/design-patterns/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141224143931/http://norvig.com...