The "Double-Checked Locking is Broken" DeclarationThe "Double-Checked Locking is Broken" Declaration Signed by: David Bacon (IBM Research) Joshua Bloch (Javasoft), Jeff Bogda, Cliff Click (Hotspot JVM project), Paul Haahr, Doug Lea, Tom May, Jan-Willem Maessen, Jeremy Manson, John D. Mitchell (jGuru) Kelvin Nilsen, Bill Pugh, Emin Gun Sirer Double-Checked Locking is widely cited and used as an efficient method for implementing lazy initialization
