We’re going to keep this one short and oh-so-sweet. First of all, let’s take a brief moment of silence for the late, great Michael Jackson. *Sigh*
Now, on to Singletons. One of the most common assumptions I hear about the Singleton pattern is a blatant declaration to simply not use them – as if they could absolutely never possibly be useful for anything, ever. That is, of course, very lame.