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

[Wojciech Walczak]

2008/5/6, Banibrata Dutta <banibrata.dutta at gmail.com>:
>  > Use /usr/bin/env.  If env is not in /usr/bin, put a link to it there.
>
>  So why not put symlink to Python over there on all machines, if we can
>  put one (or env itself) there ?

To avoid linking all the rest of interpreters like perl, ruby, lua and dozens
of others.

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Wojtek Walczak
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