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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Iconitis
Message-ID: <3898@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 18 Apr 89 11:03:57 GMT
References: <1930@dataio.Data-IO.COM> <11555@lanl.gov> <17376@cisunx.UUCP> <29126@apple.Apple.COM>
Followup-To: comp.misc
Organization: Xenix Support
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Please move this OUT OF comp.lang.c. Observe followups.

In article <29126@apple.Apple.COM>, austing@Apple.COM (Glenn L. Austin) writes:
> How about environment variables?  I have seen *MANY* cases where the
> environment variables get changed, and never restored.

This is not possible. Environment variables are local to a process... there
is not even a mechanism in place for a process to change its parent's
environment variables. Given that, how could you possibly have seen *MANY*
cases where that's done?

> Considering that the HIG was put together by experts in the field of user
> interfaces, it is the best overall guideline for graphics interfaces.

And the Apple user interface is hardly the best I've ever used. It's too
heavily affected by the cost constraints on the original Mac. What's worse,
all the sheep are following... my PC has a two-button mouse, so why should
I have to use pull-down menus? Bleagh.

> | All opinions stated above are mine -- who else would want them?           |

Amen.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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