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		johnthescott on Jan 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Awk: Power and Promise of a 40 yr old language (20... awk was my earliest exposure to the <pattern> fires <action> model of programming. those were the days.

sargstuff on Jan 18, 2023 [–]

Alternate reality where lisp less dominant AI; might have resulted in an awk version of parallel make & AI-awk dominance.

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