greetings, Jim. :-)

thanx to your quick reply.
oh, it's authorized name is... 'Berkeley shebang hack' / 'Berkeley #! hack'.
and the name of the followings to the #! is called 'interrupter'.
good, good, that' much more than I'd like to know. thank you.

let me explain the background of this question.
yesterday, i participated a conference/meeting regarding of light-weight
languages ( of course including ruby ), and found that one of the most
skilful guys does not know how to pronounce it.
many of japanese programmers call it 'sharp BIKKURI'.
'BIKKURI' means 'surprise' in japanese.
and, i found myself that do not know how to "write" it in flat english.

hmm... 'interrupter'... now i feel that i have understood more about how
it works.

good weekend, Jim.

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<name species-designation="5618" default-lang="ja_JP">SHIGETOMI,Takuhiko</name>
<contact medium="email">tshiget1 / gw.nsw.co.jp</contact>
<location federational-alias="/galaxy/alpha-quadrant/sector-001/earth/">
  /void/3d/universe/milkyway-galaxy/orion's-arm/sol-solar-system/3rd-planet/fareast/jp/tky/
</location>
<hail>resistance is futile.</hail>

> On 8/27/05, Jim Freeze <jimfreeze / gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, it is known as the shebang or the Berkeley !# hack.
> 
> Make that Berkely #! hack.
> 
> ;)
> 
> 
> > 
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils / gnu.org/msg00274.html
> > 
> > On 8/27/05, SHIGETOMI, Takuhiko <tshiget1 / gw.nsw.co.jp> wrote:
> > > quick question.
> > > sorry, this is not a question of Ruby but a more general inquiry.
> > >
> > > I'd like to ask you how do you describe '#!' which we always put at the
> > > head of the scripting source code file.
> > > I know that its pronunciation is 'she bang' but am not sure that this
> > > 'she bang' would be correct description or not.
> > >
> > > --
> > > <name species-designation="5618" default-lang="ja_JP">SHIGETOMI,Takuhiko</name>
> > > <contact medium="email">tshiget1 / gw.nsw.co.jp</contact>
> > > <location federational-alias="/galaxy/alpha-quadrant/sector-001/earth/">
> > >   /void/3d/universe/milkyway-galaxy/orion's-arm/sol-solar-system/3rd-planet/fareast/jp/tky/
> > > </location>
> > > <hail>resistance is futile.</hail>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Jim Freeze
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jim Freeze