Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 11:20:34 -0400 From: Paul Chvostek <paul+fbsd@it.ca> To: Peter McGarvey <fbsd-x@packet.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RMS says: "Use BSD, for goodness sake!" Message-ID: <20030626152034.GA38756@mail.it.ca> In-Reply-To: <20030626113553.GA53078@packet.org.uk> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030625214311.00e5e240@localhost> <20030626010357.J508@hub.org> <20030626110336.GW34365@iconoplex.co.uk> <20030626113553.GA53078@packet.org.uk>
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On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 12:35:53PM +0100, Peter McGarvey wrote: > > Does anyone actually USE awk? > > Other than to filter columns that is. Unless it's absolutely vital to use something else, yes. Awk has been around forever, and behaves in a more predictable and consistent fashion even than perl (due at least in part to the smaller toolset it offers). http://www.it.ca/software/pmlw is an example of something that goes beyond just filtering columns. I've written many things over the years that were perfectly acceptable in awk even though they would have been equally function in perl. My main (though possibly obsolete) reason: # uname -sr FreeBSD 4.8-RC # ls -l /usr/bin/awk /usr/lib/libperl.so.3 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 160368 May 15 15:39 /usr/bin/awk -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 661096 May 15 15:40 /usr/lib/libperl.so.3 -- Paul Chvostek <paul@it.ca> Operations / Abuse / Whatever it.canada, hosting and development http://www.it.ca/
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