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Are you replying to the right person? I'm saying that "pattern" need not be restricted to the narrow sense used in the famous "Gang of Four" book[0], not that patterns are inherently bad!

[0] https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/design-patterns-element...

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> I'm saying that "pattern" need not be restricted to the narrow sense used in the famous "Gang of Four" book

I understood that was exactly what you were saying! Sorry, I'd had a drink.