why does "python --version" write to standard error?

  • Thread starter Cameron Simpson
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Cameron Simpson

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

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Cameron Simpson <[email protected]>

This is not a bug. It's just the way it works, and makes perfect sense.
- Tom Christiansen <[email protected]>
I like that line. I hope my boss falls for it.
- Chaim Frenkel <[email protected]>
 

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