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In all seriousness, Ruby is Awk's grandchild borne of a virtuous union between Perl and Python. After looking at the code I'd agree that it's not really idioma
by ricksplat 11y ago
In all seriousness, Ruby is Awk's grandchild borne of a virtuous union between Perl and Python.
After looking at the code I'd agree that it's not really idiomatic Awk. But come on, snot? I would've said a humble yet more dignified medium, such as match-sticks.
- qwertyuiop924 11y agoBut I'd say that ideologically, ruby is far closer to awk than perl is. And yeah, matchsticks would have been better. I do actually LIKE awk, and will defend it from anybody who says that it is useless or badly designed. This is your father's awk. An elegant weapon for a more... civilized age. :-)