Re^3: .pl or shebang

yup

C:\>perl
#!/usr/bin/PYTHON -T --
Can't exec /usr/bin/PYTHON at - line 1.

C:\>
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Re^4: .pl or shebang by almut (Canon) on May 15, 2009 at 07:36 UTC
From perlrun: If the #! line does not contain the word "perl", the program named after the #! is executed instead of the Perl interpreter. This is slightly bizarre, but it helps people on machines that don’t do #!, because they can tell a program that their SHELL is /usr/bin/perl, and Perl will then dispatch the program to the correct interpreter for them. (just in case anyone wondered what's going on...)	[reply]

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Re^4: .pl or shebang
by almut (Canon) on May 15, 2009 at 07:36 UTC

From perlrun:

If the #! line does not contain the word "perl", the program named after the #! is executed instead of the Perl interpreter. This is slightly bizarre, but it helps people on machines that don’t do #!, because they can tell a program that their SHELL is /usr/bin/perl, and Perl will then dispatch the program to the correct interpreter for them.

(just in case anyone wondered what's going on...)

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