And how does this apply to Mac and Windows platforms? Is there a difference
between an environment variable and a global on these platforms?
> From: Hugh Senior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 09:22:30 +0000
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: What are "environment" globals?
>
>>> Environment variables are set by the system.
>>
>> But you can also set them yourself (for example for a CGI) by just
>> putting the value into variables named $whatever prior to starting up
>> the CGI process. Note that this doesn't apply to MacOS which has no
>> concept of environment variables (CGI on the Mac is done with
>> AppleEvents instead).
>
> Please... what is the difference between "globals" and "environment
> globals"? Are $GLOBALS only of practical value when running external
> programs such as a cgi, or do they persist across sessions? The
> documentation is rather thin on definition.
>
> /H
>
> Hugh Senior
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