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AlecSchueler on May 27, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Yes-rs: A fast, memory-safe rewrite of the classic...

So basically they also introduced the complexity of respecting --help and --version.

johnisgood on May 27, 2025 [–]

They did, because it is written somewhere that all GNU programs must conform to having --help and --version. I forgot where I read it.

1718627440 on May 29, 2025 | [–]

The GNU Coding Standard: https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Command_00...

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