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		vertex-four on March 11, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Mighty Named Pipe Do you expect `man python` to output the full reference for the Python programming language?

dfox on March 11, 2015 | [–]

I would, especially considering that "The Python Language Reference" is probably shorter than bash's manpage.

wtbob on March 12, 2015 | | [–]

I wish that it did. The man pages really are supposed to be the manual.

icebraining on March 11, 2015 | [–]

I agree, though it does tell you where to look for it.

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