http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Mark, You seem to have a lot more balanced view on patterns than the guys that I was talking about. http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment6http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment6Sat, 19 May 2007 14:45:26 GMTRoy, I worked with a guy with similar practice. Interfaces were "slow" and must not be used. http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment5http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment5Sat, 19 May 2007 14:37:24 GMTWow, that is so weird. I bought that book like yesterday (I wasn't going to specifically buy it, just browse around), and it's sitting next to me now. And I have to admit, there's alot of concepts to digest :-). Chris http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment4http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment4Sat, 19 May 2007 02:21:05 GMTWell, ... I have both books and I do use the GOF book quite a bit more than PEAA because I don't don't tend to create enterprise architectures as much as I create other types of targeted solutions. I've been referring back to the GOF book since it was published. I also have read "The timeless Way of Building" by Alexander as to understand the roots of pattern thought in software. I'm not ashamed but proud to have GOF open on my desk from time to time. http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment3http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment3Fri, 18 May 2007 22:34:49 GMTAt one job a few years ago, there was a guy who named his classes after GOF patterns. This was even more scary since he was the project lead. So we had a mediator, adapters, etc. He didn't really want us to look at the GOF book either. The puzzling thing was that he HATED interfaces, and refused to acknowledge their value, even in a plug-in architecture, as he preferred a base class (not an abstract one either). http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment2http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment2Fri, 18 May 2007 21:15:52 GMTGood point, I rarely seem to use some of the GoF patterns but the PEAA ones are getting used here a lot (currently it's sat on my desk). Oddly it's hard book to read unless you need it at which point the patterns start to make sense, it's a lot easier to pass someone the book and point them at the identity mapper stuff when you need them to implement one. http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment1http://ayende.com/2402/patterns-indicators#comment1Fri, 18 May 2007 15:10:26 GMT