4 ms·wouldn't installing gawk on all target machines take care of portability?by hvd 13y agowouldn't installing gawk on all target machines take care of portability?mtdewcmu 13y agoYes. As long as you have the right version of gawk, you're good to go.epo 13y agoPortability usually means taking the machine as you find it. If you're pre-installing stuff then that is just configuring your environment.