On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 18:43, Todd Lyons wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ben Reser wrote on Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 02:48:34AM -0800 : > > > > "sharp" and "bang", meaning the #! sequence that tells the system where > > to find the interpreter. > > Interestingly, "sharp" only has meaning to anybody who's studied music > in some small form. Most of the people I've come across like to call it > "hash" (which irks me) or "pound" (my personal preference).
I remember The Register debated this topic, exhaustively. It's an "octothorpe", officially, apparently. -- adamw
