Ming Hua wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 08:59:19AM -0700, Micah Cowan wrote:
>> Fergal Daly wrote:
>>
>>> You are also implying that everything in /usr/bin that start with
>>>
>>> #! /usr/bin/{perl,python,...}
>>>
>>> is wrong and should actually start with
>>>
>>> #! {perl,python,...}
>> That doesn't work. #! requires a path.
> 
> For the sake of discussion, I think
> 
> #!/usr/bin/env perl
> 
> will pick up $PATH and is a valid #! line.  I also believe this is widely
> used.

Yes, it will. But isn't that a somewhat silly suggestion considering the
context? If /usr/bin/perl were "bad" then /usr/bin/env would be just as
"bad", it seems to me...

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