Re: Singletons

From: Michael Feathers (mfeathers_at_objectmentorNOSPAM.com)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:23:34 GMT

"Roger L. Cauvin" <roger@deadspam.com> wrote in message
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> "Michael Feathers" <mfeathers@objectmentorNOSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > I don't really mind that. Things are true or false independently
> > of whether someone famous said it.
>
> Of course. I didn't mean to suggest that quotes from respected experts by
> themselves prove anything about the underlying subject. But I do contend
> that repeatedly reinterpreting people's statements in a manner other than
> they clearly intended suggests a pattern of rationalization.

True. 

--
Michael Feathers
author, Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Prentice Hall 2005)
www.objectmentor.com

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