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Why should polluting stderr be seen as any better than polluting stdout?


A lot of console apps dump extra data to stderr, sounds good to me. Especially because if you page the output in less the ads will stay on the screen after you're done :D


Well, aside from blowing the signal/noise ratio of stderr out of the water, I suppose it would be fairly entertaining at first to see log files get filled with advertisements.




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