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Date:      Mon, 2 Nov 1998 22:07:07 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
To:        "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfgiffun@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why a gawk port?
Message-ID:  <19981102220707.B12773@nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <363BA3F3.6BE6D10F@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co>; from Pedro F. Giffuni on Sat, Oct 31, 1998 at 06:57:39PM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810311833260.315-100000@picnic.mat.net> <363BA3F3.6BE6D10F@bachue.usc.unal.edu.co>

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> I see kawk is still there..:-(. I really see no reason why we don't
> replace gawk with nawk as OpenBSD did long ago. Why use GPL when we can
> have it free ??

I'm still threatening to do just that.  I've asked in freebsd-current and
want to see if anyone stands up and has a strong NO opinion.

Since that has yet to happen, I'm waiting until I'm in the mood to do
this and have the time.
 
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-- David    (obrien@NUXI.com  -or-  obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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