http://andypalmer.disqus.com/enTue, 27 May 2008 06:02:00 -0000http://andypalmer.com/2008/05/singletons/#comment-9117637<p><a href="http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/singleton-considered-stupid" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/singleton-considered-stupid">Seealso</a></p>ben.biddingtonTue, 27 May 2008 06:02:00 -0000http://andypalmer.com/2008/05/singletons/#comment-9117636<p>The majority of Singletons I've seen were disguised global variables. I've rambled on this previously as part of a <a href="http://argonauts-life.blogspot.com/2007/11/refactoring-orgargoumlumlprofile.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://argonauts-life.blogspot.com/2007/11/refactoring-orgargoumlumlprofile.html">post on a specific refactoring task</a>.<br><br><br>It's a problem with Java like languages that want to make everything into a class. The focus of the language should be on objects and not on classes. So, all in all I consider that <a href="http://www.antonioshome.net/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=30" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.antonioshome.net/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=30">singletonitis </a>is a problem of some languages.<br></p>euluisMon, 26 May 2008 16:46:00 -0000