Comments on: Singletons http://andypalmer.com/2008/05/singletons/ Views on software, technology, consulting and business process Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ben.biddington http://andypalmer.com/2008/05/singletons/comment-page-1/#comment-6 ben.biddington Tue, 27 May 2008 10:02:00 +0000 http://www.andypalmer.com/blog/?p=8#comment-6 <a HREF="http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/singleton-considered-stupid" REL="nofollow">Seealso</a> Seealso

]]> By: euluis http://andypalmer.com/2008/05/singletons/comment-page-1/#comment-5 euluis Mon, 26 May 2008 20:46:00 +0000 http://www.andypalmer.com/blog/?p=8#comment-5 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">post on a specific refactoring task</a>.<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">singletonitis </a>is a problem of some languages. The majority of Singletons I’ve seen were disguised global variables. I’ve rambled on this previously as part of a post on a specific refactoring task.

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 singletonitis is a problem of some languages.

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