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| From | Michael Sanders <porkchop@invalid.foo> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.awk |
| Subject | Re: The 'A' In AWK |
| Date | Thu, 8 Jan 2026 16:10:15 -0000 (UTC) |
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 13:05:24 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote: > In article <10jo7b9$1f9og$1@dont-email.me>, > Michael Sanders <porkchop@invalid.foo> wrote: >>Nice quick (3+ mins.) YouTube video: >> >><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zsk5L225Zs> > > Interesting. A few comments: > > 1) Where did this come from? It looks like an extract of a larger > interview. Any chance of seeing the rest of the interview? Emerged in my YouTube feed (algorithm...) > 2) For as long as I can remember, I've been pronouncing Kernighan with > a "G" sound, but on the video, he pronounces it "-han" rather than > "-gan". I realized that it is one of those words I've never actually > heard pronounced - only written (*). So, which is correct? Couldn't say. > (*) And thus, in many cases, have been mis-pronouncing all my life. > > 3) I have long held the view that AWK is the perfect language in that > it is the right mix of high-level and low-level. Low-level enough to > get actual work done, yet high-level enough to be easy to write. Few > other languages (if any) hit the sweet spot so well. I think this > video brings that idea out. Yup. Also checkout the Computerphile channel: <https://www.youtube.com/@Computerphile> Which has an interview with Brian Kernighan: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNyQxXw_oMQ> -- :wq Mike Sanders
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Re: The 'A' In AWK Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2026-01-08 14:53 +0000
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