[halayli]

> This seems like a questionable design decision. Should a program be allowed to behave differently based on its name? From a 2020s standpoint, this seems highly undesirable, as it makes software less predictable and goes against modern design principles.

No it doesn't make software less predictable nor does it goes against modern design principles. argv has very handy use cases and can be used to provide better user experience.

Unless you have evidence to back up your claims, you're just turning a subjective opinion to an objective one without any merit.

Either way, it's software developer choice and irrelevant to the user as much as it is irrelevant to the user whether the developer prefers for(;;) over while(1).