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From: doylep@ecf.toronto.edu (Patrick Doyle)
Subject: Re: Another Way Of Thinking About Patterns
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>patterns are tools for craftsmen (er, crafts-folk).  The wood 
>chisel doesn't have much to do with the purpose of woodcraft, 
>except that the table wouldn't have been made as beautifully 
>without it.
>
  I'm reminded of a saying which was intended to illustrate salesmanship, but
seems relevant in this context.  Remember: nobody ever needed a 1/8-inch drill
bit; they needed a 1/8-inch hole.


 -PD

