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From:	byron@netapp.com (Byron Rakitzis)
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To:	alan@oldp.astro.wisc.edu, rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re:  ifs

I remember talking this over with Paul when I wrote rc. I think we
decided that ifs is akin to pid in that it is a per-shell rather than a
per-environment quantity. We didn't want to force script writers to
initialize ifs to prevent a trojan horse ifs, for example.

So, to answer your question, yes this was a deliberate choice and
is in our opinion correct.