> customise my own pattern The implemenation can be unique, but the design patterns aren't really a custom thing. They are a library of Software Design solutions that have created over time to address repeatable processes/problems in writing code (and other IT related functions, such as SCM patterns, etc). The MVC pattern started in 1978 at Xerox PARC. (http://folk.uio.no/trygver/themes/mvc/mvc-index.html) Design Patterns are a way of thinking and dare I say a way of life? ;) Glad you're getting a lot out of this discussion. -- Eric Marden
