Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Jun 1996 07:24:57 -0700 | From | (Bruce Thompson) | Subject | Re: Java and the FSSTND |
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At 13:25 06/02/96, Matthias Urlichs wrote: >In linux.dev.kernel, article <199605291834.NAA12438@chaos.coredcs.com>, > "James R. Leu" <jleu@coredcs.com> writes: >> > >> > I hope you don't mean the absolute pathname of the interpreter. >> > Interpreted scripts/files/whatever shouldn't have to know where >> > the interpreter is installed. >> >> Forgive me if I'm out of context, but what about #!/bin/sh at the head of all >> borne shell "interperated" scripts? >> >Make that "interpreted _text_ scripts", then. > >There's no way to prefix #!/bin/java to the bytecode of an applet. >Or /bin/forth to the restartable dictionary dump of your favorite Forth >interpreter. Or ...
If these files can be stored in ELF format then isn't there already provision for naming an interpreter in the section headers?
Cheers, Bruce.
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