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I feel like I do this every three years then proceed to never use it. Then I read a post on hn and think about how great it could be; rinse and repeat
by 2devnull 4y ago
I feel like I do this every three years then proceed to never use it. Then I read a post on hn and think about how great it could be; rinse and repeat
- boredtofears 4y agoyeah thats exactly right. it may only take an hour to learn, but every time i need to use awk it seems like i have to spend an hour to re-learn its goofy syntax.
- tejtm 4y agoalas this is true, I never correctly recall the order of particular function args as they are fairly random, still beats the alternative of having to continually internalize entire fragile ecosystems to achieve the same goal.
- boredtofears 4y agoyeah you're definitely right. im sure if it was something i had to use more consistently i'd be able to commit it to memory. maybe...