Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 03/23/07 19:01 CST: > What's a "program interpreter"? > > I'd prefer "default shell".
Hopefully, Bruce is just joking. :-) I've been using the term since back in the days I was using a Tandy color computer with a 'basic' program interpreter cartridge plugged in. The shebang line doesn't have to be a shell. It can be any program that interprets the following lines in the file. Hence, 'program interpreter'. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.28] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 19:06:00 up 14 days, 17:05, 1 user, load average: 1.11, 0.95, 0.47 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
