On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article ,
> Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> If it starts with "#!/usr/bin/python", it'll get
>> dropped through to Python for execution.
>
> Even better (for most purposes), use "#!/usr/bin/env python". What that
> does is (slight handwave here
In article ,
Chris Angelico wrote:
> If it starts with "#!/usr/bin/python", it'll get
> dropped through to Python for execution.
Even better (for most purposes), use "#!/usr/bin/env python". What that
does is (slight handwave here) search your PATH to find the same version
of Python you woul
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> "What is the difference between "script" code (like Javascript and visual)
> made for the screen (where such magic values are utilized) and compiled
> source (made for the machine)?"
>
> This obviously impacts on the discussion above, so how
On 27/10/2013 23:58, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
It is an unfortunate artefact of Unix history that “binary” has an
established connotation of “executable”, encompassing even executable
text files.
That's a lot broader than Unix - people talk abou
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
> It is an unfortunate artefact of Unix history that “binary” has an
> established connotation of “executable”, encompassing even executable
> text files.
That's a lot broader than Unix - people talk about "binaries" meaning
executables in Windo
Ian Kelly writes:
> I don't see why Python files should be treated any differently than
> other non-binary executables, e.g. shell scripts.
It is an unfortunate artefact of Unix history that “binary” has an
established connotation of “executable”, encompassing even executable
text files.
So the
Gregory Ewing writes:
> Ben Finney wrote:
> > On systems conforming to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, it's
> > forbidden: programs go in a platform-specific location
> > http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGANDPA>,
> > while platform-independen
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Gregory Ewing
wrote:
> Ben Finney wrote:
>>
>> On systems conforming to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, it's
>> forbidden: programs go in a platform-specific location
>>
>> http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGAND
Ben Finney wrote:
On systems conforming to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, it's
forbidden: programs go in a platform-specific location
http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGANDPA>,
while platform-independent data files go in a separate location
h
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Chris Angelico writes:
>
>> It's very common to want to know what directory you're in - it's a
>> good way to find data files.
>
> That's a naive way to do it (though it's often good enough, for a
> program only used on one system).
I never sa
On 10/26/2013 10:28 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Chris Angelico writes:
>
>> It's very common to want to know what directory you're in - it's a
>> good way to find data files.
>
> That's a naive way to do it (though it's often good enough, for a
> program only used on one system).
>
> For programs i
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