[l5870uoo9y]

Once you are used to the patterns and functions coding becomes faster, easier to understand and less error prone.

[latchkey]

You should never have to "get used to the patterns"... that in itself is an anti-pattern.

[jcparkyn]

Counterpoint: Everyone had to "get used to the patterns" for the first programming style they learnt (even if they've been programming long enough to forget that).

That shouldn't be a reason to avoid learning a different style -- unless there's good reason to believe that style B's patterns are much harder to learn than style A's were (which I'm sceptical of in this specific case).