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The repository has an emphasis on [[Extreme Programming]]. It is hosted by Cunningham & Cunningham (C2) of [[Portland, Oregon]] at http://c2.com/ppr/. The PPR's [[motto]] is "[http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PeopleProjectsAndPatterns People, Projects & Patterns]."

On 17 September 1987 programmer [[Ward Cunningham|Howard G. (Ward) Cunningham]], then with [[Tektronix]], and [[Apple Computer]]'s [[Kent Beck]] co-published the paper ''[http://c2.com/doc/oopsla87.html Using Pattern Languages for Object-Oriented Programs]''. This paper about programming patterns was inspired by [[Christopher Alexander]]'s architectural concept of "patterns". It was written for the [[1987]] [[OOPSLA]] programming conference organized by the [[Association for Computing Machinery]]. Cunningham's and Beck's idea became popular among programmers, because it helped them exchange programming ideas in a format that is easy to understand.

Cunningham & Cunningham, the programming consultancy that would eventually host the PPR on its Internet ___domain, was incorporated in [[Salem, Oregon]] on 1 November 1991 and is named after Ward and his wife Karen R. Cunningham, a mathematician, school teacher, and school director. Cunningham & Cunningham registered their Internet ___domain c2.com on 23 October 1994.