Difference between revisions of "Pearl language"
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|stage=Sparkle | |stage=Sparkle | ||
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|background=Similar to {{apl}}, but with a twist: it describes the goal or wish rather than the problem. In other words, it focuses on the positive opposite of a problem. | |||
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Reality tends to force tradeoffs between seemingly conflicting goals, such as flexibility and maintainability against size and complexity. | |||
A {{p}} facilitates these tradeoffs by documenting a wellworking approach to fulfill a desire or wish that occurs repeatedly in a given context. | |||
Applying a {{p}} in a given context results in a new, changed context that, in turn, solicits new {{ps}} to make it more whole. | |||
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|url=http://www.infoq.com/articles/twenty-years-of-patterns-impact | |||
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|person= Gregor Hohpe, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Joseph W. Yoder, Olaf Zimmermann | |||
|title=Twenty Years of Patterns’ Impact | |||
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Revision as of 06:37, 24 April 2014
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Similar to A Pattern Language—Towns • Buildings • Construction by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, but with a twist: it describes the goal or wish rather than the problem. In other words, it focuses on the positive opposite of a problem.
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Reality tends to force tradeoffs between seemingly conflicting goals, such as flexibility and maintainability against size and complexity.
A pearl facilitates these tradeoffs by documenting a wellworking approach to fulfill a desire or wish that occurs repeatedly in a given context.
Applying a pearl in a given context results in a new, changed context that, in turn, solicits new pearls to make it more whole.