Recent Awk convert (after, like most people, just using it for one-liners for years); it's aged remarkably well (although I wish it used more functional constru

Recent Awk convert (after, like most people, just using it for one-liners for years); it's aged remarkably well (although I wish it used more functional constructs, permitted proper variable initialization, and had interrupt handling... but at that point, it's probably best to switch to a "full" language...)