>> The use case of the option is to be able to generate a continuous gentle
>> load for functional tests, eg in a practice session with students or for
>> testing features on a laptop.
>
> Why does this need two option formats (-H and --throttle)?
On the latest version it is --rate and -R.
Because you may want to put something very readable and understandable in
a script and like long options, or have to type it interactively every day
in a terminal and like short ones. Most UNIX commands include both kind.
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Fabien.