On: A design pattern is an artifact of a missing feature in your chosen language

[spooneybarger]

really only skims the surface of the idea which is too bad. there are a number of similar pieces out there that tackle the subject in depth. i'd link to them, but i'm feeling lazy and don't want to go tracking them down.

[alaricsp → spooneybarger]

Nowt wrong with skimming a surface, sometimes you can get more impact with a one-page summary than a long essay :-)

[arakyd → alaricsp]

In this case your better off just reading Norvig's original presentation.