I agree. The "--version" option has become quite a de-facto standard in the linux world. In my sys-admin role, I can blithely run initiate_global_thermonuclear_war --version to find what version we have, even if I don't know what it does...
python --version would be a very helpful addition. (Keep the "-V" too, if you like it :-) -- George -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
