title: What's wrong with singleton?
body: <p>Do not waste your time with this question. Follow up to: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/137975/what-is-so-bad-about-singletons">What is so bad about singletons?</a></p>
  
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  <p><strike>Please feel free to bitch on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Singleton</a>.</strike></p>
  
  <p>Inappropriate usage of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singleton_pattern" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Singleton</a> may cause lot of paint. What kind of problem do you experienced with singleton? What is common misuse of this pattern?</p>
  
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  <p>After some digging into Corey's answer I discovered some greate articles on this topic.</p>
  
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  <li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/google-singleton-detector/wiki/WhySingletonsAreControversial" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Why Singletons Are Controversial</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://scientificninja.com/advice/performant-singletons" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Performant Singletons</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/08/by-miko-hevery-so-you-join-new-project.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Singletons are Pathological Liars</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-have-all-singletons-gone.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Where Have All the Singletons Gone?</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://googletesting.blogspot.com/2008/08/root-cause-of-singletons.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Root Cause of Singletons</a></li>
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