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The writers of the Dragon book are called gof. Why is that?

Are they some kind of clique that always hangs out together?

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GoF refers to the authors of "Design Patterns" Gamma, Helm, Johnson and Vlissides. There was four of them. It's a parody relating to Mao's Gang of Four.