On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Leo Butler <l.butler at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> It would, but why does the environment need to be polluted by maxima?
> Moreover, there is the issue of consistency of the interface: some
> options can be set by a command-line option (like the lisp), and I don't
> see why this option is qualitatively different.
Agreed on this point; environment variables are just a source
of confusion since they affect stuff invisibly.
(I'm not worried about environment pollution but rather it's
just that when you look at a command, you can't tell what it
will do.) I'd much rather have a command line option.
FWIW
Robert Dodier