Ultimately, what are you implying? Am I wrong? Awk (any implementation) isn't as fast as C, LuaJIT, or OCaml. It's likely to be good enough for many things, tho

Ultimately, what are you implying? Am I wrong? Awk (any implementation) isn't as fast as C, LuaJIT, or OCaml. It's likely to be good enough for many things, though (certainly prototyping), and it's definitely convenient for quick scripts.