I think awk is great, i enjoy working with awk. The GNU version is indespensible because of multidimensional array support of course. Perhaps I enjoy the way it

I think awk is great, i enjoy working with awk. The GNU version is indespensible because of multidimensional array support of course. Perhaps I enjoy the way it feels like driving an antique car, it really harkens back to a bygone age. Yet its fast. I dont want to invest the time in Perl, when there are better general purpose languages out there. Perl certainly has a different look, I can understand why some would love it.