alt Hacker News> The Gang of Four book exists because Java made functions second-class citizens
Why do people write silly things like this? GoF was published in 1995, the same year Java was first released, and includes neither Java code nor any mention of Java. Java had no influence on that book.
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iLemming • yesterday at 8:03 PM
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iLemming, your reply is [dead] and I don't know why. Responding to parts of it:
> Peter Norvig made this argument explicitly in 1998, showing 16 of 23 patterns are "invisible or simpler" in Lisp
The GoF book even mentions this so Norvig's presentation is a useful read, but even the authors of the book knew it was true. It's not like he added a new idea with that bit you quoted, the useful parts of the presentation were which patterns became invisible or simpler and why.
> Let's try not to nitpick on literal wording to avoid engaging with the substance, could we?
I responded to a common, but false, claim. Don't make false claims and I won't call you out for it.