Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
>#! ("hash-bang") lines currently do nothing on Windows machines, they are
>just comments. However, on Unix and Linux machines (and Macintosh?) they
>are interpreted by the shell (equivalent to cmd.exe or command.com), in
>order to tell the shell what interpreter to use to execute the program if
>you run it directly.
They're actually interpreted by the kernel so that they'll work when
run from any program.
Ross Ridge
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