[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] "#! /usr/bin/env" is not "portable." It's Unix-specific.

Arthur A. Gleckler arthur at zurich.csail.mit.edu
Wed Nov 22 11:49:11 EST 2006


On Nov 22, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Michael Sperber wrote:

> So aside from all the talk about syntax, it may be reasonable to
> discuss whether the standard---possibly in a less conspicuous
> place---should talk about ways to invoke Scheme on the more common
> platforms.

That's perfectly reasonable.  Perhaps a separate section could be set  
aside for that.  We just shouldn't require that the format of all  
Scheme "scripts" (ugh), regardless of the OS on which they will run,  
conform to the requirements of one OS.



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