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Article #4633Re: Gawk v24.7: Why Bother???
From: Matthias Urlichs
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 00:00
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In gnu.misc.discuss, article <jerry.798231458@tivoli.com>,
jerry@tivoli.com (Jerry Frain) writes:
> Tom Christiansen <tchrist@mox.Perl.com> writes:
>
> > Do a reference card
>
> >Perl already has this.
>
> Whew! Now there's a compelling reason to stop maintaining gawk, and
> switch to perl, instead. Wow, where do I sign up?
>
Hrmpf. Not a reason to stop maintaining gawk, but one to switch to perl --
if you're one of those guys who can work best when having a reference card
nearby.
NB: (THis is a semi-serious question) Is there anything at all which gawk
can do better than Perl5?
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