On: Where's Your Business Logic?

[stcredzero]

We had formalised design patterns and architectures back then.

Yes, and many of them described in books in particular languages. Not every language community that could have benefitted had the right book written using their language.

Like I said, a recurring condition and an opportunity.

[gouranga → stcredzero]

The books describe portable concepts with examples in the languages of the time.

Much as SICP is applicable to a lot of languages that aren't scheme.