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Missed opportunity to use one of my favourite words: grok [0]. And congratulations. I’ve been trying for the past year to learn awk, and while I can pretty rel

by KMnO4 4y ago

Missed opportunity to use one of my favourite words: grok [0]. And congratulations. I’ve been trying for the past year to learn awk, and while I can pretty reliably split text files and extract columns, I’m pretty far from being able to grok awk. [0]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grok https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grok

hobs 4y ago
I actually hate it for this purpose, in the book it also means to drink deep and has psycho-sexual connotations. Why not just say understand and move on?
- KMnO4 4y ago
  The book that coined the term was written over 60 years ago. Its usage has evolved since then.