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Observation about Alexander's outsized symbolic role in software communities.
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- Alexander's personal scientific and professional conclusion stated in the Mid-Book Appendix.
- Central assertion about the divergent receptions of Alexander's work; Steenson has been asking this for over a decade.
- Steenson's normative stance on how different groups should engage with Alexander.
- Central organizing question Steenson has posed for over a decade; reveals fundamental disagreement about meaning of 'architecture' itself.
- Summary of Alexander's position in the 2016 article 'Making the Garden'.
- I defend Alexander against architects who have barely read his books but hold disdain for him.claim0.803Part of her defense of Alexander's serious consideration.
- Diagnosis of the core conflict behind the divergent receptions.