Why is '#!/usr/bin/env python' supposedly more correct than just '#!/usr/bin/python'?

Question

Anyone know this? I\'ve never been able to find an answer.

Answer 1

You may find this post to be of interest: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-May/661514.html

This may be a better explanation: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2007-June/054816.html