Over the years, Ali and I have spent quite a lot of time trying to sort out when to use static classes, when to use the Singleton pattern and when to do the work required to avoid them.
There has been a long and ongoing discussion in the OOP and patterns community on this subject by people far more intelligent and experienced than I am. It is really their knowledge and experience that will be essentially repackaged for ActionScript development here.
Following are the primary arguments that compel me to look for a better way.
