Design Patterns: 15 Years After the Revolution, by Danny Kalev @ InformIT [2009-10-30] - 1 views
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by defining a description template that included among the rest: Known uses. Sample code (as opposed to a typical algorithm which were often described in plain English and perhaps a few sketchy lines of pseudo-code). Collaboration (A description of how classes and objects used in the pattern interact with each other). Consequences (results and side-effects). Related patterns.
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Would a 2009 catalog of the 23 classic design patterns look much different? According to the authors of Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Code, the answer is no.
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The authors would reclassify certain patterns and omit a few of the original patterns but the design and implementation would remain pretty much the same: "We have found that the object-oriented design principles and most of the patterns haven't changed since then" says Erich Gamma. You can't escape the feeling that patterns are frozen in time
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