Deliberate Design Choice
Use of programming idioms and design patterns are distinct from copy and paste programming, as they are expected to be recalled from the programmer's mind, rather than retrieved from a code bank.
There is research aimed at "decriminalizing" cut and paste, known as the Subtext programming language. Note that under this model, cut and paste is the primary model of interaction and hence not considered an anti-pattern.
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