Modernizing AWK, a 45-year old language, by adding CSV support

Re:Modernizing AWK, a 45-year old language, by adding CSV su... by jcelerier on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:51PM (#31359387)

ah yes, awk's famously narrow focus, covering things such as networking (https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/TCP_002fI...) or video games (https://github.com/mikkun/AWKTC). What do you mean your blog isn't served by awk (https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawkinet/html_node/...) as a VRML world (https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawkinet/html_node/...) ?

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Re:Modernizing AWK, a 45-year old language, by adding CSV su... by MonkeyClub on Thursday May 12, 2022 @04:28PM (#31359785)

>> This is the unix way. Small tools with narrow focus, strung together in pipelines.

> ah yes, awk's famously narrow focus, [...]

"GNU's Not Unix"

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Re:Modernizing AWK, a 45-year old language, by adding CSV su... by jcelerier on Friday May 13, 2022 @04:07AM (#31364671)

And GNU is what most people rush for installing on macOS and Windows which says a lot about the actual needs of people Vs the supposed benefits of Unix purism

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