Re:Awk by Example
by lordleft on Friday June 28, 2019 @11:38PM
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I studied under Al Aho a few semesters ago (the 'A' in AWK). I'm dipping my toes in Data Science in Python at my current internship, and while I'm seriously impressed at the bevy of NLP/Machine Learning algorithms I have at my disposal, I've come to realize that some of the stuff I'm working on can be solved by unix tools written in the 70s/80s. And that's dope.
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This point comes up somewhat periodically on HN - the point you made. And yes, it is "dope" :)
More people should check prior art before making new stuff. Reuse / stand on the shoulders of giants / don't reinvent the wheel, etc. But NIH is alive and well ...