From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 19:33:33 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: dot/lisp-init.lisp: Explain why the shebang support is there.
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dot/lisp-init.lisp: Explain why the shebang support is there.

I nearly deleted it thinking it was useless and then realized what its
actual purpose was.
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diff --git a/dot/lisp-init.lisp b/dot/lisp-init.lisp
index 6df03e8..2d8bb9e 100644
--- a/dot/lisp-init.lisp
+++ b/dot/lisp-init.lisp
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@
   (push (lambda () (readline:write-history *history-file*))
 	custom:*fini-hooks*))
 
-;; Shebang.
+;; Don't choke on shebang lines.  This isn't here so that we can run Lisp
+;; scripts like proper Unix programs: `cl-launch' or `runlisp' do that.  It's
+;; here so that we can `load' a script into a running Lisp without it choking
+;; on the shebang.
 (set-dispatch-macro-character
  #\# #\!
  (lambda (stream char arg)