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by qwertyuiop924 3571 days ago
No. Design patterns are just idioms, ways of accomplishing something. They aren't enshrined in any way by OO.

As for the idea of a set of common patterns that can be reused in a variety of situations, yes, that's a natural consequence of OO. But that's a natural consequence of any paradigm. OO's just had better marketing and GoF gave them a name.