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I guess I'm one of those old people now who actually does remember reading about software patterns on the c2.com wiki, and being amazed by it, before Wikipedia even existed :)



Some of their article titles are still hilarious, like http://wiki.c2.com/?SmugLispWeenie


I appreciate asking questions like "WhatsaControllerAnyway?"

https://web.archive.org/web/20190321044743/http://wiki.c2.co...

And covering both sides of issues like:

http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWeLoveLisp

http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWeHateLisp


Not before wikipedia existed but I did lose myself countless times on this website. The most impressive side of it was the ratio of information over presentation. It's confusing to follow the discussions at times but you will make the effort without hesitating.

1/modern-web


I HaveThisPattern.


I was never very fond of WikiWords. But at least the links can tell a story, without you even needing to follow them.

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiWord

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNames

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameAdvantages

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameDisadvantages

http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWikiWorks

http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyWikiWorksNot

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiWordsConsideredHarmful

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiSingleWordProblem

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNamePluralProblem

http://wiki.c2.com/?SolutionOfTheWikiNamePluralProblem

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiPlacenameProblem

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameInRealLifeSyndrome

http://wiki.c2.com/?ApostropheCatastrophe

http://wiki.c2.com/?AccidentalLinking

http://wiki.c2.com/?ChoosingWikiNames

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNameModifiers

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiWordPhrase

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiNamespaces

http://wiki.c2.com/?LinkPattern

http://wiki.c2.com/?WikiCase

http://wiki.c2.com/?CamelCase

http://wiki.c2.com/?CamelVsNonCamel

http://wiki.c2.com/?SyntacticallySignificantCapitalization

http://wiki.c2.com/?UnderscoreVersusCapitalAndLowerCaseVaria...

http://wiki.c2.com/?LongTitlesSmell




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