diff --git a/Logger.hpp b/Logger.hpp
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+#ifndef LOGGER_HPP
+#define LOGGER_HPP
+
+#include <ostream>
+#include <utility> // move
+
+#include "Singleton_DCLP.hpp"
+
+class Logger : public Singleton_DCLP<Logger>
+{
+public:
+	void setStream(std::ostream* os) { m_os = os; }
+	std::ostream* getStream() { return m_os; }
+private:
+	// ostreams are not copyable, hence storing a pointer only
+	std::ostream* m_os;
+};
+
+#define LOG *Logger::getInstance()->getStream()
+
+#endif // LOGGER_HPP
diff --git a/Singleton_DCLP.hpp b/Singleton_DCLP.hpp
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+#ifndef SINGLETON_DCLP_HPP
+#define SINGLETON_DCLP_HPP
+
+#include <mutex>
+
+template<typename T>
+class Singleton_DCLP
+{
+public:
+
+	Singleton_DCLP() {};
+	virtual ~Singleton_DCLP()
+	{
+		if (m_instance)
+			delete m_instance;
+	};
+
+	Singleton_DCLP( const Singleton_DCLP& ) = delete;
+	Singleton_DCLP& operator=( const Singleton_DCLP& ) = delete;
+
+
+	/** I knowthat c++-11 has the "atomic initializers" and this can be
+	 * replaced with:
+	 *
+	 * static T getInstance()
+	 * {
+	 *     static Singleton instance;
+         *     return instance;
+	 * }
+	 *
+	 * But that is not supported in Visual Studio 2012 SP4
+	 * https://preshing.com/20130930/double-checked-locking-is-fixed-in-cpp11/
+	 */
+	static T* getInstance()
+	{
+		if (!m_instance) {
+			std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_lock);
+			if (!m_instance) {
+				volatile T *temp = new T();
+				m_instance = (T*)temp;
+			}
+		}
+		return (T*)m_instance;
+	}
+
+private:
+	static std::mutex m_lock;
+	static volatile T* m_instance;
+};
+
+template<class T> std::mutex Singleton_DCLP<T>::m_lock;
+template<class T> volatile T* Singleton_DCLP<T>::m_instance = 0;
+
+
+#endif // SINGLETON_DCLP_HPP
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
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+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "Logger.hpp"
+
+int main(int /*argc*/, char* /*argv*/[])
+{
+	Logger::getInstance()->setStream(&std::cout);
+
+
+	LOG << "hello" << std::endl;
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+