Let ME try for a new topic... (externals)

[Dick Dunn]

>Sorry, Danny, but I can't resist:  my favorite way of dealing with
>the problem is to avoid external variables.  Passing information as
>parameters and returned values is a much cleaner way of communicating
>between different modules...

Unfortunately, this has nothing to do with the issue.  Parameters and
global variables solve two different problems; it's comparatively seldom
that you have a real choice as to which is appropriate.  Please remember
that parameters have limited scopes and extents (lifetimes).
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