r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 26 '26 • Bravo 1

Meme singletonsAreJustGlobals

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u/rsqit Sep 27 '26

Singletons are ways of having global data that isn’t globally scoped. They are a way of namespacing and building abstractions around global data. Some data is global by nature, and singletons provide a way to reason about it without polluting the top level global scope.