Newbie questions on import & cmd line run

[Ross Ridge]

Steven D'Aprano  <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
>#! ("hash-bang") lines currently do nothing on Windows machines, they are 
>just comments. However, on Unix and Linux machines (and Macintosh?) they 
>are interpreted by the shell (equivalent to cmd.exe or command.com), in 
>order to tell the shell what interpreter to use to execute the program if 
>you run it directly.

They're actually interpreted by the kernel so that they'll work when
run from any program.

					Ross Ridge

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