Non-ugly ways to implement a 'static' class or namespace?

[ProtectAndHide]

On Friday, 10 February 2023 at 02:57:42 UTC, zjh wrote:
> On Friday, 10 February 2023 at 02:04:06 UTC, ProtectAndHide 
> wrote:
>
>> "Before practicing Zen, mountains were mountains and rivers 
>> were rivers.
>> While practicing Zen, mountains are no longer mountains and 
>> rivers are no longer rivers.
>> After realization, mountains are mountains and rivers are 
>> rivers again."
>
>
> Chinese proverb, is it very cool?

you'll find this mentioned towards the end of this article:

"The Importance of Being Closed"

https://martinfowler.com/ieeeSoftware/protectedVariation.pdf