21 Apr
2017
21 Apr
'17
11:03 p.m.
"Shebang". Nice coinage (which I somehow hadn't heard before).
Very much in tune with Bell Labs, where Vic Vyssotsky had instilled
"sharp" as the name of # -- not "number", not "pound", and
definitely
not "hash" -- so shell scripts began with sharp-bang.
Doug
1:13 a.m.
New subject: Bourne shell and comments
I always kind of liked octothorpe, the "official" AT&T name for the
# key on your phone... Why use one syllable when three will do?
Steve
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Re: [TUHS] Bourne shell and comments
On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Doug McIlroy <doug(a)cs.dartmouth.edu
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wrote:
"sharp" as the name of # -- not "number", not "pound", and
definitely
not "hash" -- so shell scripts began with sharp-bang.
Amen....
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