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Subject: Re: guile -s  is it necessary?
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tomas@fabula.de wrote:
> Is there any particular reason (besides of higher symmetry)
> you have to invoke a script as ``guile -s <script name>''
> instead of just ``guile <script name>''?

One might argue that someone invoking "guile foo" might have intended
"guile -- foo" instead of "guile -s foo", so "guile foo" is a bit
error-prone.  It's less likely that someone would accidentally supply
an explicit -s when they meant --.


paul


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