From: res0i3sf@...
Date: 2005-08-30T15:34:57+09:00
Subject: Re: how do you describe '#!' in written english?

It's referred to as an "octothorpe".  :-)

>From: "SHIGETOMI, Takuhiko" <tshiget1@gw.nsw.co.jp>
>Date: Sat Aug 27 19:45:15 CDT 2005
>To: ruby-talk ML <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
>Cc: tshiget1@gw.nsw.co.jp
>Subject: how do you describe '#!' in written english?

>quick question.
>sorry, this is not a question of Ruby but a more general inquiry.
>
>I'd like to ask you how do you describe '#!' which we always put at the
>head of the scripting source code file.
>I know that its pronunciation is 'she bang' but am not sure that this
>'she bang' would be correct description or not.
>
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