
2025-07-10 08:37:32
IMVHO the most misunderstood part of the GoF Design Patterns book is that the good part is actually Chapter 2 ”A Case Study: Designing a Document Editor” which carries great design advice (it told us to favor composition in 1994!) & the patterns that follow are mostly a reflection of the state of C at that time.
If you skip the good part and start reading the patterns like a laundry list, it must be very confusing as to why anyone would like that book.