As to that, *Design Patterns* did not influence my coding style very much. By co...

As to that, Design Patterns did not influence my coding style very much. By contrast Code Complete was the first book that I read about how to structure code, and I've gained more from it on multiple rereads. I consider it a much better book.

But then again I'm hardly enthusiastic about OO. See http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=318257 for more on my perspective.