#!/usr/bin/env python vs. #!/usr/bin/python

[Torsten Bronger]

Hallöchen!

D'Arcy J.M. Cain writes:

> On Fri, 02 May 2008 16:26:51 +0200
> Torsten Bronger <bronger at physik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>
>>> Certainly #! /usr/bin/python is fine if you never expect your
>>> software to run outside of your own little corner of the world
>>> but you asked why people prefer the env version and the answer
>>> is that we want to write software that runs everywhere that
>>> Python runs.
>> 
>> Granted, but you must draw the line somewhere anyway.  I cannot
>
> No one is talking about if statements here.

Sorry to become laconical, but your reply was so, too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction

Tschö,
Torsten.

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