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>thanks bob. I have to admit, after looking at the Patterns overview site, the level of abstraction is kind of overwhelming. I'm pretty sure simple classes and objects will keep my meager noggin more than challenged for awhile!

Actually... the idea of patterns is to SIMPLIFY Object Oriented programming not complicate it. Patterns are not complicated, they are just common methodologies used to solve a certain problem. As a matter of fact, there are probably several implementations of the various patterns also.

The good things about the published patters, in books like I suggested is that they give people a common ground to discuss an issue without getting involved in to may details.

As a matter of fact, the are lots of patterns that aren't in the book... data patterns, domain patterns, etc.

Remember, the IDEA of OOP is Reuse... but, don't limit yourself to CODE reuse... you also want to reuse designs, and design patterns.

BOb