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Re: gcj: accessing environment variables

From: erik poupaert <erik dot poupaert at chello dot be>
To: Nic Ferrier <nferrier at tapsellferrier dot co dot uk>
Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 30 Apr 2003 20:35:54 +0200
Subject: Re: gcj: accessing environment variables
Organization:
References: <1051723461.2598.23.camel@presariolinux> <871xzj5004.fsf@pooh-sticks-bridge.tapsellferrier.co.uk>

> The Java platform no longer allows it.
> 
> I don't think we should conform to spec though. Personally I'd be
> happier if getenv didn't throw a deprecated exception.
> 
> The alternative IMHO is to make System.getProperty look in the
> environment table as a last resort before returning null.

If, at Sun Microsystems, they decide to jump out the 7th floor window,
will we faithfully implement that too?

Cumulated with the fact that Sun's arrogance prevents it to put java
through a any kind of standardization process (ECMA, W3C, IEEE, ANSI,
DIN, EN, ISO, whatever) ...

References:
- gcj: accessing environment variables
  - From: erik poupaert
- Re: gcj: accessing environment variables
  - From: Nic Ferrier

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