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There is an argument that Awk's language isn't the same category as it is a DSL not intended to be a general purpose language (it is turning-complete, but was n

There is an argument that Awk's language isn't the same category as it is a DSL not intended to be a general purpose language (it is turning-complete, but was not specifically designed as such), and awk itself is considered a complex tool not a language interpreter. Though having said that, any definition that separates awk from general programming languages like that could probably apply to shell syntax too.

anthk 3y ago
Awk can do more than you think. Read The AWK Progamming Language. Also: gopher://hoi.st/1/dl and gopher://hoi.st/0/files/tgl.awk make up a pretty complete language. Don't think on AWK as a more powerful grep, you are missing a great mini-language.