From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-02-12T01:59:56+09:00
Subject: Re: how to say # in ruby

On 11.02.2008 14:25, Tim Hunter wrote:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure what you're at here.  You posted code from the Ruby
>> interpreter but the magical bit of shebang is done by the shell or OS
>> not Ruby.
> 
> Bear in mind that if the shell started the program and the program 
> specified on the shebang line wasn't the ruby interpreter, the code 
> quoted above doesn't run.
> 
> Since it is running, somehow the ruby interpreter has been started and 
> given a file containing text that may or may not actually be Ruby code. 
> This could happen if you started ruby by explicitly executing the "ruby" 
> command, or if you're running on Windows where there is no shell to do 
> shebang interpreting for you.
> 
> That bit of code inspects the shebang line and, if the word "ruby" 
> doesn't appear on the line, it tries to execute what it assumes is a 
> program.

Sure, but from the thread it's not clear whether Ben did mean that bit 
of magic or whether Gerry was aware of the other magic of shebang. 
That's why I asked.

Cheers

	robert