multiple variable reference

[alk@et.msc.edu (Anthony L. Kimball)]

   BTW, one side effect of having multiple assignments, I realized
   lately, is that the user who mistakenly types

   ; make CC=gcc all

   will be surprised to see nothing at all happening.  Now, at least an
   error message will result.  Hmmm...

   set-make = @ {throw error $0 'Did you want to run make?'}  #  :-)

   - Harald

Has this been turned over a few times long past?  I can't imagine that
there aren't a multitude of old rc, now es users akin to myself, frustrated
to no end that rc and currently es fail to parse 'make CC=gcc'.  The
annoyance levels to which I have been elevated by the need to quote
those silly ='s must truly represent the pinnacle of possible human emotion.

And your smiley is not wry and ironic enough by half, Harald.

tanh,  [i.e., hyperbolically,]

//alk