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On 1/12/2014 1:15 AM, Chris H wrote:
> How is ping -6 || ping -4 better?

It would make them behave the same way as almost everything else, thus 
following the concept of feature parity between IPv4 and IPv6.

> How will modifying all the some thousands of scripts everyone currently uses
> based on the current commands, make it better?

No need to modify scripts.  Provide a hardlink to ping6 and add code 
that checks argv[0] and runs in compatibility mode if called as ping6. 
We can then use this opportunity to homogenize the IPv4 and IPv6 ping 
parameter assignments without breaking backward compatibility.