On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:24:02 -0600, Skip Montanaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > John> 4. For consistency, would you like "1" + 2 to produce "12"? > >No, the correct answer is obviously 3. ;-) > Obviously, in awk. Bletch! I once had to help out some users of a system where software development had been outsourced and upstuffed and they needed some data file fixups done but their system was so locked down even the manufacturer-supplied free pre-ANSI C compiler had been deleted and one couldn't download stuff off the net but the thought police had overlooked awk ... I even had to implement proper CSV-reading routines in awk. No thanks for reminding me :-( -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
