Support for shebang lines in compiled scripts

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From: Andrew Pennebaker
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:34

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Could the OCaml compiler treat the first line of code files as a comment if they begin #!... ? This would reduce the amount of hackery required in writing Unix scripts:

http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Multiline_shebang#OCaml

For example, it's nice for source code to double as a ./'able shell script and as a compilable program.

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