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> In fact, the name of the original book about awk is The Awk Programming Language. Great book. I read it after it was so enthusiastically endorsed here on HN.
by tharne 3y ago
> In fact, the name of the original book about awk is The Awk Programming Language.
Great book. I read it after it was so enthusiastically endorsed here on HN. A lot of people said it was worth reading just to take in the excellent technical writing style of Brian Kernighan.
I would offer a strong second to that.
- fuzztester 3y agoCool. Yes, his style is good in his other books too, like K&R (C), K&P (Unix), and GOPL (Go), and The Practice of Programming.