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Re:Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk by paledot on Sunday August 21, 2022 @07:40AM (#32539207)
Is it? I'm glad it's an option, but I'm also glad retiring at 40 is an option (depending on a lot of stars aligning just right of course).

My answer to "how long do I want my career to be?" will never be "until my body or mind fail me".

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Re:Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk by wpietri on Sunday August 21, 2022 @10:20AM (#32540458)
Depends on how you think of it. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word "career" here, as I wrote code long before people paid me for it, and aim to keep doing it long after.
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Re:Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk by jope12 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @01:23PM (#32542314)
Depends on what you mean with 'career'. Brian Kernighan doesn't do this because he needs money, but because he would get bored otherwise.
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