Roy Bonney writes:
Roy> One thing that has always been a curious question for me, myself
Roy> coming from a mathematical background, is are the Gof4 set of
Roy> patterns all necessary (I think possibly) and are they sufficient?
I'm not sure that I can answer your question directly, but I think that the
following book is related to the questions you are asking:
Jason McC. Smith. Elemental Design Patterns. Addison-Wesley
Professional, 2012.
The (abbreviated) summary from Amazon:
> After fifteen years, the field of design patterns is still missing a
> critical element: a foundation. [...] Smith introduces a
> foundational layer of patterns terminology: a collection of core
> patterns that can't be decomposed further. He presents these
> underlying basic concepts of programming clearly and concisely, in
> the same format as the classic "Gang of Four" patterns - thereby
> offering a taxonomy that virtually any developer can understand and
> apply.
Eric.
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