Re: [dev] [sbase] missing tool - awk

From: Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:30:25 +0000

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 08:48:51PM -0200, Alba Pompeo wrote:
> Hello.
> I notice awk is in the sbase TODO.
> Why not just import Kernighan's awk[0]? He created the language after
> all. And the program isn't legacy code (last update was on 2012). So
> all looks fine.
> Want to hear what you think.
> Ciao
> [0] http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/btl.mirror/
>

I don't want to import an awk implementation.

If you already use sbase on a system and you want awk, you can just
build Kernighan's awk and use it.

I don't see why we need to import it.
Received on Sat Feb 20 2016 - 09:30:25 CET

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