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Thursday, April 17, 2008

I was in a design discussion today and mentioned the need for a singleton object in our solution. Further along in the discussion I was trying to find a word that describes the opposite of a singleton, but alas, I struggled to find a word that may or may not exist. I just referred to the inverse object as a "new object." As I pondered this later in the day, I considered adjectives describing the nature of objects. They can be many things, but two concepts that popped into my head to classify them were "complex" and "simple."

I started playing with the words and making them resemble singleton. "Complexton" did not sound right to me. I should mention that I was washing my hands as I was contemplating this. I lifted up my head, looked into the mirror, and thought, "SIMPLETON." The opposite of a singleton is a "simpleton."

If the opposite of a singleton is not a "simpleton," then what is it? Until I find a plausible answer, I will try and insert this new term into my next design discussion.

Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:41:34 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) | Comments [2] | Design | Technology#
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