Re: do design patterns still apply with Python?

> In article <8SINf.1718$No6.40137@...>,
>  John Salerno <johnjsal@...> wrote:
> > Since Python does so many things different, especially
> > compared to  compiled and statically typed languages, do
> > most of the basic design  patterns still apply when
> > writing Python code? If I were to read a  design pattern
> > book (such as Head First Design Patterns), could I apply
> > their Java examples to Python easily enough, or does
> > Python require a  different perspective when applying
> > patterns?
> [...]
> The basic concepts in the pattern books are worth knowing.
>  You just have
> to be able to tease apart the concepts from the
> language-specific cruft  that so often obfuscates the
> descriptions.