Why the static functions are a bad idea
Most of post is programming language agnostic, so replace PHP eg. with Java. I also think that speed of static functions should not overweight a code testability, readability and loosely coupled architecture.
http://kore-nordmann.de/blog/0103_static_considered_harmful.html
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