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The fact that there is an alternative doesn't change the fact that a lot of software relies on the worse method to work.


It makes it a pretty silly idea to invite people writing new programs in a new language to use that method, though.


A lot of software doesn't modify the environment when exec-ing.


So? A lot of software doesn't use file compression, should we remove these libraries?




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