> This is a list of some uses of environment variables from fairly widely used libraries and services. This shows that environment variables are pretty widely used.
Widely used, yes. Used as in read. Why do any of these need to change at runtime? And if they do - why are they environment variables?
Widely used, yes. Used as in read. Why do any of these need to change at runtime? And if they do - why are they environment variables?
(NB: starting a new process is not "at runtime")