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  • Nice article on awk by Andy Oram

    From Aharon Robbins@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 20 18:40:59 2021
    See:

    https://www.fosslife.org/awk-power-and-promise-40-year-old-language

    Arnold
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    Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com

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  • From Kpop 2GM@21:1/5 to Aharon Robbins on Mon Sep 6 08:58:27 2021
    On Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 2:41:03 PM UTC-4, Aharon Robbins wrote:
    See:

    https://www.fosslife.org/awk-power-and-promise-40-year-old-language

    Arnold
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    Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com

    👍👍👍

    Amen. I've been telling others for a while - if they want fancy bells and whistles, use Python, but if they want performance, without compiling to C, then awk is the only way to go. I've only discovered awk circa 2018, but it has been an absolute godsend.

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  • From Pankaj Jangid@21:1/5 to Aharon Robbins on Tue Sep 7 12:45:35 2021
    arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) writes:

    https://www.fosslife.org/awk-power-and-promise-40-year-old-language


    I have 20 yrs of programming experience but I am new to this refreshing
    world of Awk. Thanks for sharing this article.

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    Regards ~Pankaj

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