The Codeless Code: Case 50 Adapter 
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 This case had been lost for months. Fortuntately, a copy
was recently discovered in the margins of a proof of
Fermat's Last Theorem.

A novice from the Far West had recently come to the Temple.
After being assessed by the abbot he was given a new name
and sent to the scribe Qi to have it entered into the
record.

The novice asked the scribe, “Why is every monk and nun
given a new name after they arrive at the Temple?”

The scribe replied, “How could we name you before you
arrived?”

The novice bowed and smiled, but made no motion to leave the
scribe’s company. Seeing that an explanation was required if
he wished a return to solitude, the scribe continued:

“Before you came to us, you were as formless in our minds as
bytes upon the heap. Now you have been allocated in living
memory, assigned a shape and a purpose. We name you
according to this purpose, as one names a variable or a
method or an interface. Such things do not exist until they
are named.”

The novice thought for a moment, then pointed to himself
with a satisfied smirk:

“Third party code!” declared the novice.

Qi grabbed the novice’s wrist and quickly inked the Temple’s
new name for him on the back of the young man’s hand.

“Wrapper class,” said the scribe.