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A Pattern Language
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253 patterns for buildings, towns, and the spaces between. Influenced software design as deeply as it did architecture.
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Has cited this as an influence on how he thinks about Lisp and program design.
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The page cites an archived Shelfie article listing Altman's bookshelf.
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“Love that book.”
The page cites a Naval tweet about the book.
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Listed on Stewart Brand's Manual for Civilization book list.
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“Alexander proposes homes and offices be designed and built by their eventual occupants...We agree, and make the same argument for computer programs.”
Beck and Cunningham credited Alexander's 'A Pattern Language' as the direct inspiration for software design patterns in their 1987 OOPSLA paper 'Using Pattern Languages for Object-Oriented Programs'.
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