On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 15:53 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote: > Paul Scott schreef: > > On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 14:48 +0100, Jochem Maas wrote: > >> Paul Scott schreef: > >> there seems to be some misunderstanding ... a design pattern is not > >> a component (or anything else of substance) but merely a conceptual > >> strategy used to tackle a problem ... ever find yourself writing code > >> that's conceptually identical to previously written code (in a different > >> site/project/context), if so you've got yourself a pattern and as such it's > >> probably been documented as an 'official' design pattern with suitable fancy > >> name (something like 'Observer', 'Delegator', 'Factory') > >> > >> chances are then that you're already using design patterns - it's just > >> that you don't know them by name :-) > >> > > > > Ja, that's what I was trying to say in a long, convoluted, > > burning-the-candle-at-both-ends type of way :) > > lol ... I often have the same problem ... then Richard Lynch comes along > and explains 'whatever' in a way that the rest of the world does understand :-) Surely he didn't explain OOP to you... he's anti OOP :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php