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Subject: Re: Little people supporting Ada, possibly through AdaCore?
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Le Sun, 06 May 2012 18:55:27 +0200, Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org> a =
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=C3=A9crit:
> Oliver's use is rather more like what Rational Rose used to call a
> "utility class" (one which has no instances) than a singleton (which a=
sh
> one instance).

What's the difference? It has to be instantiated, anyway.

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=E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1]
=E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.=
=E2=80=9D [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Univers=
ity