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I always give my students these to read when I teach design patterns :-) https://realtimecollisiondetection.net/blog/?p=44 http://realtimecollisiondetection.net/blog/?p=81 "The “Design Patterns” book is one of the worst programming books ever. Yes, really. I’m 100% dead serious when I say that I think it has set (and will continue to set) the progress of software development back by decades."

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Just noting that the author’s book (Real-time Collision Detection) is an incredibly well-written technical resource and is a good read for anyone trying to implement their collision detection in their game or physics engine.

this is a fancy argument but it doesn't fit reality. A good chunk of problem solving is breaking them down and rcognizing what is already solved so you can solve what isn't. If there are lecturers out there teaching students that software engineering is a some sort of "creative endeavour" where you constantly invent new things at all time then that's actually a danger to society.

I teach students who write code for VFX software, Simulations and Games so it is a "creative endeavour" :-)

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