I'm fond of my 1980s technology, but I see the point here. Still, I would hope any such effort is properly standardized between distributions. If there's an opportunity for larger technology standardization between Linux and Unix-like systems out there, that should be done too. This kind of thing should not be brought to the attention of industry standards bodies after it's been done.
Posted Nov 1, 2011 14:32 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
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But standardizing things before widespread implementation experience is available is a recipe for awful standards. You *must* implement first, or you end up with the export keyword all over again.