>>>John Skeet shows an implementation (C#) here w/o explicit locking.
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>>>http://csharpindepth.com/Articles/General/Singleton.aspx
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>>I cannot access that page. But, isn't it the same as previously reported in this thread where this cannot apply in VB.NET?
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>Seems so - It was method number 4 I was trying to sell you


Ah, I apologize. I hadn't read the whole thread in detail.

What was the issue with method 4?