Editing A Pattern Language (section)

== Reception ==
This book's method was adopted by the [[University of Oregon]], as described in ''[[The Oregon Experiment]]'', and remains the official planning instrument.<ref name="UOCampusPlan">University of Oregon Campus Plan -- Principle 11: Patterns. {{citation|title=UO Campus Plan|year=2018|location=Eugene, Oregon|url=https://cpfm.uoregon.edu/campus-plan}}</ref>  It is adopted, in part, by some government agents  {{which|date=April 2014}} as a building code.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

Alexander's conception of [[pattern]]s, and [[pattern language]]s, were major factors in the creation of [[Ward Cunningham]]'s [[WikiWikiWeb]], the first [[wiki]], intended as an archive and discussion web application for the [[Portland Pattern Repository]].<ref name="artima">{{cite web |title=Exploring with Wiki: A Conversation with Ward Cunningham, Part I |author=Bill Venners |date=20 October 2003 |url=http://www.artima.com/intv/wiki.html |publisher=artima developer |accessdate=12 December 2014 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205091836/http://www.artima.com/intv/wiki.html |archivedate=5 February 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

The idea of a pattern language applies to many complex engineering tasks. It is especially influential in [[software engineering]], where [[Software design pattern|design patterns]] are used to document collective knowledge in the field.<ref>Berna L. Massingill, Timothy G. Mattson, and Beverly A. Sanders (2000), A Pattern Language for Parallel Application Programs, Euro-Par 2000 Parallel Processing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, {{ISBN|978-3-540-67956-1}}, pages 678–681, 2000</ref><ref>[http://parlab.eecs.berkeley.edu/wiki/patterns/patterns Our Pattern Language] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824182610/http://parlab.eecs.berkeley.edu/wiki/patterns/patterns |date=2017-08-24}} An ongoing collaborative effort to construct a pattern language for parallel programming.</ref> In that field, it was a major inspiration to [[Richard P. Gabriel]] before he wrote ''Patterns of Software''.<ref>{{Cite book
| publisher = Oxford University Press, UK
| isbn = 0-19-512123-6
| last = Gabriel
| first = Richard
| title = Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community
| url = https://archive.org/details/patternssoftware00gabr_573
| url-access = limited
| year = 1996
| page = [https://archive.org/details/patternssoftware00gabr_573/page/n238 239]
}}</ref>

[[Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright]] cited the book as one of his inspirations for creating ''[[SimCity 2000]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/1994/01/wright/|title="Will Wright: The Mayor of SimCity"|magazine=Wired |last1=Kelly |first1=Kevin }}</ref>