>OK, to get my 2 cents back in here. I used as in my question. :p and I believe Clinton thought is meant sorta. Hee hee.
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>Clinton was this country's first truly-OOP President. I mean, think about it...
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>...the guy took on many forms, knew how to use delegates, discouraged the use of the word 'is', was proof of the benefits of inheritance and the pitfalls of 'unsafe pointers', and his entire tenure was one large 'try...catch....finally'.
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>Kevin

Well done Kevin!

Allow me to add a bit:

Patterns

Bridge – good for future extensions

Chain of Responsibility – he was the first link!

Observer – he saw it all.

Mediator – yes he did that also.

Voyeur – now you are talking!

Allocator – knows when to release.

Decorator – make it look nice

Proxy – ouch

Template Method - just what we need

Hook - hook operations allow almost limitless extensibility

Tom