No, in that C doesn't have the pattern-action style of awk: /<pattern>/ { <action> } "For every line which matches <pattern> perform <action> " is the fun

No, in that C doesn't have the pattern-action style of awk: /<pattern>/ { <action> } "For every line which matches <pattern> perform <action> " is the fundamental flow of awk programs. It's procedural but the iteration is hidden; it's almost like each stanza is a callback which gets executed when the pattern fires. I'm kinda surprised no "real language" has adopted this design for an API.