Lex Spoon writes:
 > PS -- There was a time in history when image files were directly
 > executable on Unix.  The trick is simply to put a proper #! header on
 > *image* files, and to make sure that the header is exactly 512 bytes.
 > I don't know why that change got backed out.  It was a simple
 > implementation and was convenient for Unix-based Squeakers.
 
The 512 byte header space is still in the VM. I haven't tried using it
but I have seen the header code that skips past the first 512 bytes
recently.

Bryce