Looks like that's a leading theory: > … may have come from an inexact contractio...

		paulannesley on July 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pronunciation Guide for Unix Looks like that's a leading theory: > … may have come from an inexact contraction of SHArp bang or haSH bang, referring to the two typical Unix names for them. Another theory on the sh in shebang is that it is from the default shell sh … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)#Etymology