design patters my foot

for the past few days, i was browsing through some of the interview questions on object oriented designing. what was peppered around the questions where, prospective candidates carelessly throwing out jargon of design patterns.

i don't know if they fully comprehend these design patterns to the fullest to make such a commentary on their usage, but i know that being constricted to rules often lets you settle for less optimum solutions.

i find design patterns to be useless. for some, i have committed heresy. because they introduce restrictions to our thought processes. if we apply ourselves to it, i am sure we will be able to build up designs in level with the design patterns. this however will come with experience.

and jargons were only created for the deceits to cover their tracks!

cheers