On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Kris Cook wrote:
> I'd get a copy of GNU AWK for Win32 systems, and install it on your NT
> server. Then, you can just integrate the AWK scripts. AWK jams at pattern
> matching, so if you have a fairly significant script, I'd agree that you
> don't want to rewrite it unless you're just looking for the practice.
>
> I greatly admire AWK; it is an incredibly awesome tool. I once used it to
> write a semester project in an operating systems class - it took four hours,
> and I was done. That's what the instructor gets for saying "any programming
> language." Tee-hee.
Awk had a lot of influence on Perl. There's a little utility that will
convert awk scripts into somehwat idiomatic Perl, a2p.
-- Brett
http://www.chapelperilous.net/btfwk/
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