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Re: Re: “Make awk rawk”

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In article <1077fht$1a1tc$1@dont-email.me>,
Janis Papanagnou  <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
...
>The point is that, as opposed to an Awk library with Awk functions, a
>new syntax (for this new language) has to be used. That got not clear
>from the post. But from the examples and statements on the referenced
>pages it's quite obvious, e.g.
>
>     $greet = (name) -> { return ...; };

Hmmm.  Now, what language does this look like???

>There they also write
>"... provides a quick snapshot of rawk's syntax and language features."
>here clearly exposing its nature!
>
>I was not objecting to yet another new language/dialect introduced[*],
>but just that I considered the post completely misleading.

Welcome to the 21st century - the age of bullshit.
Everywhere you look, there is bullshit.  The existence of this thread is
just one more example.

>[*] Although I personally dislike attitudes of "write a new X language
>to make the Y language appear more like the Z language". (But mileages
>likely vary.)

I assume X = "rawk", Y = AWK, and Z = P***.

And yes, I get your point and agree 100%.

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“Make awk rawk” Anthony <a@9srv.net> - 2025-08-07 20:39 +0000
  Re: “Make awk rawk” Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-08-09 01:49 +0200
    Re: “Make awk rawk” Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-08-09 02:38 +0000
      Re: “Make awk rawk” Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-08-09 14:39 +0200
        Re: Re: “Make awk rawk” gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2025-08-09 12:51 +0000
          Re: “Make awk rawk” Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-08-09 16:22 +0200
    Re: “Make awk rawk” Anthony <a@9srv.net> - 2025-08-09 03:06 +0000
      Re: “Make awk rawk” Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-08-09 14:59 +0200

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