This article makes a good point about Java's main method. Its privileged status makes it a fine starting point for reasoning about a program. However, it would be better if its signature encapsulated all the inputs to your program: not just args, but env vars and I/O streams too.https://twitter.com/adamwarski/status/963768358821859328 …
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Environment variables are the bane of my existence
They're awful, yes. They would be slightly less awful if they were more obviously an input passed to a main method, rather than something magically available from a globally-scoped object.
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You mean like this? int main(int argc, char *argv[], char *envp[])
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That looks like a different awful that I don't fully understand!
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