"The problem is, about 1/3 to 1/2 of them were basically cover-ups for deficiencies in C++ that don't exist in other languages. Although I'm not a huge Perl fan anymore, I have to admit the Perl community caught on to this first (or at least funniest). They pointed out that many of these so-called patterns were actually an implementation of Functional Programming in C++."

Compare Norvig (1998): "Design Patterns in Dylan or Lisp: 16 of 23 patterns are either invisible or simpler". http://norvig.com/design-patterns/