Design patterns to avoid

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Published on 2009-01-16T07:07:07Z Indexed on 2010/06/01 21:53 UTC
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A lot of people seem to agree, that the Singleton pattern has a number of drawbacks and some even suggest to avoid the pattern all together. There's an excellent discussion here. Please direct any comments about the Singleton pattern to that question.

Are there other design patterns, that should be avoided or used with great care?

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