Richard,

>     It would be really illuminating to see some of his examples
>     revisited by a better than competent Smalltalker, because I
>     think you'd end up with a completely different set of patterns
>     being applied, or the patterns would look different.

I recommend "The Design Patterns Smalltalk Companion" by Alpert, Brown, 
and Woolf. You can find it online.

Jim
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