General talk about software patterns

[Rich Wellner <wellner AT objenv.com>]

I guess we *still* shouldn't trust NYT reporting.  One would think they'd be
able to get things right for at least a few weeks after a scandal.  ;-)

rw2

Linda Rising 
<risingl AT acm.org>
 writes:

> It makes you wonder about *all* articles :-)!
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> Richard P. Gabriel wrote:
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>> At 11:40 -0700 7/14/03, Linda Rising wrote:
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>>> Architecture's Irascible Reformer
>>>
>>> July 12, 2003 By EMILY EAKIN
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>> You folks might also note that I'm quoted in this article. I interviewed
>> with Emily for several hours. I just barely got her away from what she
>> wanted to write, which was that Alexander inspired OO's creation. She 
>> wanted
>> to say that before Alexander we wrote monolithic code and his
>> pattern-language idea made us think that software could be broken into
>> components that would be hooked together more loosely. She equated the 
>> terms
>> "object" and "pattern."
>>
>> It makes you wonder about the rest of the article, but I think that part is
>> ok.
>>
>>             -rpg-
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