[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Tla spork

[Matthew Dempsky]

Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:

> IMO, environment variable parameter passing is almost never the right
> thing: it's too easy for it to go wrong (e.g., passing an environment
> parameter accidentally).

Fair enough.  I recalled some distaste for environment variables
regarding tla before, but couldn't remember any specifics nor could I
imagine any situations where they'd become problemsome (though I'd
have to confess not using environment variables much anyways).