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ryandrakeyesterday at 11:16 PM1 replyview on HN

GNU offers guidance[1] to output --help to stdout, but it's not against the law to do it your way.

1: https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/_002d_002dhelp....


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anyfooyesterday at 11:29 PM

I guess this is a point where I disagree with GNU. Then again, the reasons why I disagree are subtle enough that I don't care too much... I think this particular thing doesn't matter very much in practice, so go do your thing GNU...

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