[Baypiggies] The (lack of) design patterns in Python

[Shannon -jj Behrens]

On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Alex Martelli<aleax at google.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:30 AM, Shannon -jj Behrens<jjinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Tony Cappellini<cappy2112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We have openings for November and December..
>>>
>>> Would anyone here be interested in hearing Joe Gregorio's presentation
>>> on "The (lack of) design patterns in Python" ?
>>> I think it would be good for the group to hear, since many didn't get
>>> to go to Oscon.
>>>
>>> If yes, are any of the Google employees in touch with him and would
>>> you be willing to ask him?
>>
>> +1
>>
>> However, I must admit, it'll probably drive me crazy.  I read the gang
>> of four cover-to-cover.  I think design patterns are language
>> specific.  For instance, I think that monads are a design pattern that
>> are really helpful in Haskell.  I get really bent out of shape when
>> people say, "My language is so powerful, it doesn't need design
>> patterns!" *sigh*  For instance, using class methods for providing
>> multiple constructors is something that Alex Martelli taught me, and I
>> think it qualifies as a design pattern.  (His example was
>> DateTime.from_gregorian_date(), etc.)
>
> Indeed, as another deep lover of design patterns, I was thinking a
> debate format would be much more appropriate than a lecture format,
> for presenting such a controversial thesis -- maybe 5 minutes to each
> side for an initial exposition, then alternate
> question-answer-antianswer-rebuttal with a moderator (audience would
> submit questions and vote for them in advance e.g. via google
> moderator, a human moderator would exercise editorial judgment to
> pick, sequence and address an actual set of 6 questions or so,
> possibly adding some of their own if the dory doesn't offer enough,
> with about 10 carefully-timed minutes devoted in all to each question)
> and finally a little freeform Q&A from the live audience at the end.
>
> I volunteer to take the pro-patterns side if we do set things up that way.

+1!!!

I sure am glad I agree with Alex on this one, because I so totally
would not want to have to debate with him ;)

-jj

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