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> The point is that 'environ' is not in static storage, it is only
> in the parameter list of main, under any name you like.  Or not.

I think you're missing the point that "environ" *is* defined to be a
global symbol in the runtime, not just a parameter to main().  It
happens to be passed to main (at which point it is effectively
nameless as far as the runtime is concerned), but for historic reasons
we must provide a global symbol "environ" as well, even without any
#includes.  The only way to do this cleanly is with PROVIDE.