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Re:The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks,... by andreareina on Sunday February 07, 2021 @06:39AM (#26054337)
> I think a lot of his ideas can be applied to software too

Reportedly his book A Pattern Language inspired the GoF software patterns book.

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Re:The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks,... by PaulHoule on Sunday February 07, 2021 @08:39AM (#26054943)
In fact Alexander's work has been more influential in software than in architecture.
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Re:The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks,... by raihansaputra on Sunday February 07, 2021 @06:51AM (#26054405)
Yeah, the practice of extracting of patterns in software does refer a lot to A Pattern Language[0][1]. Admittedly I stumbled upon CA's work when I'm looking into building a design pattern for my current workplace. But it's a bit disheartening that currently CA is referred more towards the design and design system side of software instead of the building/writing, although patterns are still very much practiced.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_pattern [1]: https://www.martinfowler.com/articles/writingPatterns.html#A...

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