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Re: non-setup information in setup.hint (was Re: Maintainers/Packages List, 2003


On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 08:20:22PM +0000, David F wrote:
>Why overload the shebang when it would be just as simple to choose
>something else?

Because remembering "Now what was the magic comment field?  Aha!  It's the
same as a shell script!" is easier than "Now what was the magic comment field
was it #% or was it #&?  I guess I'd better check another setup.hint file."


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