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Re:The Awk Programming Language (1988) [pdf] by fiddlerwoaroof on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:01AM (#17141218)
I think people underestimate the importance of medium-powered tools. Perl is great, but awks limitations make it easier to write in a way that the next person can maintain.
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Re:The Awk Programming Language (1988) [pdf] by fiddlerwoaroof on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:03AM (#17141223)
That being said, the couple times I’ve paired with a perl wizard were revelatory.
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Re:The Awk Programming Language (1988) [pdf] by zmodem on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:54AM (#17141627)
Or just reading about perl wizardry: https://www.hanshq.net/perl-oneliners.html
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Re:The Awk Programming Language (1988) [pdf] by xyrouter on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:07AM (#17141466)
Can you elaborate this? What revelations did you experience?
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