[az09mugen]

You'll have to admit it's easier to grasp/grok someone's philosophy when they show code as examples. Kevlin Henney for instance is not as known as Martin Fowler, but illustrates clearly his points with code examples. I don't say Martin Fowler and Dave Cutler are not worth recognition, but the abstraction level needed to comprehend them from the bottom up is too high that you can't clearly see what they are talking about _unless you've been there_ That's the feeling I get when I hear them