Re:Why GNU grep is fast (2010)
by xonix on Sunday July 24, 2022 @10:51AM
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Btw, the GNU awk is also considerably faster (due to bytecode) than awk bundled with BSD & Mac (usually, "one true awk").
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Depends on the task...sometimes nawk ("one true awk") is faster than gawk. Mawk is almost always faster than either.
An older, but good article on that: https://brenocon.com/blog/2009/09/dont-mawk-awk-the-fastest-...