On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:15 PM, David Williams <dwilli...@dtw-consulting.com
> wrote:

> That said, why avoid them like the plague?


Global variables are one of those things, like Singletons, that on the
surface seem to make life easier, then get abused like a step-child to the
point of making everything worse.

Used correctly, in moderation, it's often the fastest, easiest, cleanest,
and most straightforward way of doing something. Like a simple flag
indicating DEBUG vs RELEASE, for example.

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