>>>>> On Wed, 03 Jul 2002 02:37:01 +0900,
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> A per-node switch probably doesn't make sense because it would have an affect
>> on both the "server-like" applications as well as the "client-like"
>> applications. However, an environmental switch could make more sense because
>> each user could throw that environmental setting into their .shellrc file
>> and be assured that no application that they launch from that shell would
>> ever use a non-temporary address by default. I.e., the inheritance is a
>> feature.
> maybe a bit off-topic of the discussion, but i think this thread
> is assuming too much about underlying operating system - that
> they are unix-ish design.
That's because I wrote "*e.g.* child processes", but perhaps I was not
clear enough to distinguish particular implementation from general
issues. Thanks for the clarification (though I think examples from
the real world help the discussion if we are clear on the limitation).
JINMEI, Tatuya
Communication Platform Lab.
Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Corp.
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