Messed up Perl

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Hal" == Hal Vaughan <hal at halblog.com> writes:

>> Using the system perl should be as simple as changing your shebang
>> line.  (kerbang? Never heard it called that before.)

Hal> I've heard kerbang, shebang, and a few other variations.  I've been
Hal> in some groups where if you use the wrong term they get rather
Hal> offended.  I just use whichever term comes to mind.

It was originally "shebang", a contraction of "sharp bang", where
sharp is what some people call the "#".

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