This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
a number of (ex-)Athena programs. Breaking my own rules for importing
somewhat, as this code does not appear to be actively maintained by anyone
(not that it really needs it).
