Years ago, somebody had as his Usenet .sig line "perl is margarine, awk is butter" (unless the order was reversed). Whatever Perl's many faults, I used awk a go

Years ago, somebody had as his Usenet .sig line "perl is margarine, awk is butter" (unless the order was reversed). Whatever Perl's many faults, I used awk a good deal less after I discovered Perl.