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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 18:57:44 +1100
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
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Subject: why does "python --version" write to standard error?
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Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:67982

This seems to write the python version to standard error. That seems
very wrong. And at variance with the manual entry.

Commentry?
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Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>

This is not a bug. It's just the way it works, and makes perfect sense.
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I like that line. I hope my boss falls for it.
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