Oblikovni vzorci so se razvijali skupaj s spreminjanjem jezikov in paradigem — nekateri klasični vzorci so sedaj vgrajeni v jezike ali jih nadomestijo jezikovne lastnosti, medtem ko so se novi vzorci pojavili za sodobne potrebe (funkcionalni, reaktivni, distribuirani). Razumevanje te evolucije kaže na sofisticirano perspektivo.
Klasični vzorci, vgrajeni v jezike
Some GoF patterns are now LANGUAGE FEATURES or much simpler:
→ ITERATOR → built-in iteration (for-of, generators) in most languages
→ STRATEGY / Command → first-class FUNCTIONS / lambdas make these trivial (just pass a
function — no need for elaborate class hierarchies)
→ OBSERVER → built-in events, reactive libraries, language features (signals)
→ SINGLETON → modules (a module is effectively a singleton in many languages)
→ functional features (functions as values) simplified many "behavioral" patterns
