Unix didn't use to support '#!', a brief history

Re:Unix didn't use to support '#!', a brief history by vhasus on Saturday July 16, 2022 @12:20AM (#32115197)

I always thought it was sharp bang = shabang

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Re:Unix didn't use to support '#!', a brief history by jjgreen on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:53AM (#32117175)

Sharp's a different thing, ♯ against #, it always amuses me that Microsoft's version of Java should be called C♯ when their OS has such dreadful support for Unicode that it's almost universally written C#, so C-hash (or C-pound for you left-ponders).

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Re:Unix didn't use to support '#!', a brief history by legalcorrection on Saturday July 16, 2022 @08:58AM (#32117585)

Windows handles Unicode just fine. It’s just not UTF-8. The reason they used # is that it’s on the standard keyboard.

But hey, don’t let me get in the way of some ignorant Windows-bashing.

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