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From: dcline@netcom.com (David Cline)
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"Patrick D. Logan" <patrick_d_logan@ccm.jf.intel.com> writes:

>The Patterns movement is one (yet broad) effort toward finding "laws"
>that work.  There is a long way to go, if it is possible at all.

I see the Patterns movement more akin to compiling a collection
of popular recipes than to discoving the laws of cooking.

-- 
Dave Cline                                 dcline@netcom.com
Spring Valley Software
