[sloria]

Author here. Must give credit where it's due:

These patterns come from a talk by Vladimir Keleshev, author of docopt and excellent Pythonista. These are NOT my original work.

[Walkman]

Here is the talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZNUfkVIHAY

[agumonkey]

You couldn't say anything to motivates me more about reading the linked article. docopt is a gem ;)