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by akira2501 1482 days ago
They're both suited to their individual purposes.

Info pages are like big old clunky manuals with diagrams and schematics and "theory of operation" chapters. Great when you're on the ground doing maintenance.

Man pages are like quick reference handbooks. Great when you're already at 30,000' and just need to keep the plane flying.