Design Patterns

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I'm now reading ``Head First Design Patterns."^[1]
When I'm finished, can I expect to be an EXPERT SOFTWARE DESIGNER???

Notes                                 
1. http://books.google.com/books?id=LjJcCnNf92kC

>>42
Trolling aside, what's good besides C++ when you need something fast to do real-time volume rendering, image processing, or generally anything that can't be handled by slow as fuck languages?

FIOC with C++ for the most intensive parts?