Computer Science Dept, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126
dl@cs.oswego.edu
dl@cat.syr.edu
315-341-2688
FAX 315-341-5424
g.oswego.edu 
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Also: Software Eng. Lab, NY CASE Center, Syracuse Univ, Syracuse NY 13244
I mostly work on software design --- doing it, writing about it. You can get some of these from my home page [1].
My interest in patterns started with Bruce Anderson's first OOPSLA Architecture Handbook Workshop in 1991. Actually, I didn't think about these things as `patterns' until after the 2nd workshop in 1992. This was a much smaller group (I think about 20 of us, including Kent Beck, the to-be Gang Of Four, and others of future patterns fame). We spent the day flailing a lot - getting excited about patterns (except we were just calling them `entries') without being able to produce any that were very good, or even being able to agree on what they should look like. I do not think that any of us left the workshop feeling that we had accomplished much. Yet afterwards, nearly all of us started taking the ideas much more seriously, and started producing enough patterns in similar enough ways to start making good on their promise.
I wonder why my address keeps getting typed as SONY, not SUNY (the State University of New York). I just fixed it above here. I don't think I've ever typed it wrong myself.
I'm about to try adding an entry on Tips For Writing Pattern Languages
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