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Subject: Re: /usr/bin/env - Incorrect parsing of #! line?
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From: pjacklam AT online DOT no (Peter J. Acklam)
In-Reply-To: <3C6995F0.50400@ece.gatech.edu> (Charles Wilson's message of
 "Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:23:44 -0500")
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Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu> wrote:

> Peter J. Acklam wrote:
> 
> > Christopher Faylor <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Peter J. Acklam wrote:
> > > 
> > > > [...]
> > > > why does Cygwin look for the file "perl -w".  No UNIX I
> > > > have worked on would parse the shebang line that way.
> > > > 
> > > Because...  we're mean.
> > > 
> > I'm new here so I don't know who you are, but I hope one can
> > expect more informative responses than this gibberish.
> 
> When Chris says "because we're mean" it *usually* means that the
> original post was either
> a) rude
> b) accusatory
> c) demanding
> AND that the original poster made an incorrect analysis of their
> problem, then complained about the non-existant problem, and
> blamed the cygwin developers for being such idiots to make that
> (non-existant) mistake.

That's fair enough, and common on USENET news groups, but I really
can't see how my posting falls into any of the categories you
mention.  Oh well, no big deal.

Peter

-- 
People say I'm indifferent, but I don't care.


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