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In article <4778@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <1718.AA1718@julie> mcr@julie.UUCP (Michael Richardson) writes:
>>   /* fast:exp/src/include/roguestar.h */

>>    char **rs_environ;         /* Arguments of environment space */
>>    int  rs_envcount;          /* Number of variables */
>	Not a good idea. You want to co-operate with AmigaDOS, and that means
>	using env:.
But env: is deficient in that its "global" and therefore you can't have
more than one environment.  Consider a 2-user system (using AUX: or dnet:)
or a multi-user BBS; each user may need his own environment.  I'm sure there
are other more mundane examples.

Now if we were all to use env:<process-id>/variable, and use links where only
a small part of the environment (or none at all) changed between a parent
and its child...   (What? no links? aren't they "in there" too?)

>There's a point to both. It'd be cooler to make RogueStartup a full superset
>of WBStartup. Using some magic token to distinguish them.
In general, this looks like a good idea.  CBM seems more likely to adopt it
as a standard somday (1.5?) if it fits well with existing stuff.

>Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>
>`-_-'
> 'U`  "I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on tape somewhere"

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