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::Since shebangs are a UNIX convention, I am thinking in terms of UNIX only. I forgot to add the default behavior which was part of the original proposal, which is to print arguments on the command line. I added it to the new wording. Most interestingly I see this as a way to demonstrate ways languages can compile code from within the language itself. The C example is not ideal, since it doesn't use internal facilities, but since not all languages have a built in compiler, this should be allowed. --[[User:POP|POP]] ([[User talk:POP|talk]]) 09:02, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
::After some thinking, I must say this task doesn't seem to make sense in terms of demonstrating programming techniques or language features. Any implementation in any language would just read the "script" file past the first line and then compile the remaining file into an executable. Most of the code is mundane and wouldn't demonstrate much anything unique to the different languages.
::On the other hand, compiling a file from within an application is something which would be interesting. This would be a distinct task, but the idea would be something like "accept a file as argument and compile the file into a binary executable without calling external applications. Only applicable to languages with a built-in compiler." --[[User:POP|POP]] ([[User talk:POP|talk]]) 10:35, 26 September 2014 (UTC)
==What is this task asking for?==
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