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Re: Gawk v24.7: Why Bother???

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From: Matthias Urlichs
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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From: urlichs@smurf.noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Subject: Re: Gawk v24.7: Why Bother???
Date: 1995/04/21
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