> One area that I think held awk back was the lack of standardized c bindings > for easy extensibility.
I'm not sure I agree. I despise how half the extant Python and Perl code requires compiled shared libraries (apart from the standard library). I make it a point to write script code with minimal dependencies other than any utilities that might called by system() or moral equivalents. -- ------------------------------------ personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- The steady state of disks is full. -- Ken Thompson -------------------------
