Gang of Four

Post-Mao political prisoners

Gang of Four refers most often to the four Chinese Communist Party officials blamed for the Cultural Revolution's excesses, arrested after Mao's death in 1976.

The phrase has spread to describe any small faction wielding disproportionate power or blamed for institutional failures.

In software, the Gang of Four are the authors of an influential 1994 book on design patterns.

Chinese-politics

Cultural Revolution

Maoist mass political campaign

MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
purgeEliminate unwanted elements
trialJudicial examination of claims

propaganda · ideology · faction · radicalism · power struggle · Mao Zedong · cadre · rehabilitation · denunciation · show trial

post-punk-band

angular

Sharp-edged or rawboned

dissonantLacking harmonic agreement
LeedsWest Yorkshire's largest city
funkDepression or groove music

minimalist · political · anti-capitalist · jagged · abrasive · influential · reunion · DIY ethic · rhythm · EMI

influence

pioneering

First to explore territory

influentialHaving considerable effect
seminalFoundational and influential
groundbreakingIntroducing radical new ideas

legacy · inspiration · innovation · imitation · homage · tribute · revival · retrospective · reappraisal · canonical

design-patterns

software

Programs directing computer operations

anti-patternIneffective recurring solution
object-orientedParadigm using encapsulated entities
refactoringCode improvement, same behavior

structural · behavioral · singleton · factory · observer · decorator · programming · architecture · abstraction · encapsulation

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Cultural Revolution

angular

pioneering

software

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