Dynamic Superclassing in Python —
Danger’s my middle name.
tomayko.com
00:38
The perils of avoiding heresy (or "What are Design Patterns") —
In fact rather than being subtitled “Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software”, it should have been “21 reasons C++ sucks; 1 embarassment; and an Abstract Syntax Tree”.
Two Is An Impossible Number —
Wow, this may be the most serendipitous page I’ve come across on the c2 wiki. It starts with strategies for when generalization is okay, leads into caveman number systems, how many objects the brain can recognize without counting, God as Lisp programmer,
c2.com
09:33
Design patterns part II - State —
This one is kind of weird but it shows another kick ass capability dynamic languages have: changing and object instance’s class (behavior) at runtime.
fraca7.free.fr
02:47
Design patterns part I - Chain Of Responsibility —
Pretty reusable implementation of the Chain Of Responsibility pattern in Python. Very clean.
fraca7.free.fr
02:43
brpreiss.com
04:08
Premature Generalization —
I’ve always wondered if this was a recognized issue. Premature Generalization (or Abstraction) is like Premature Optimization but is about having too many abstractions in OOP systems.
c2.com
09:31