Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language

From	Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language
Date	2024-09-01 22:52 -0300
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D <nospam@example.net> writes:

> On Sat, 31 Aug 2024, Johanne Fairchild wrote:
>
>> D <nospam@example.net> writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>>>>> Funny---I gave up on Perl as soon as I discovered the existence of AWK.
>>>>
>>>> Actually it was after I read ``The AWK Programming Language''.
>>>>
>>>>> Sometimes less is more. It's aesthetics for sure, but for me
>>>>> personally, I do not like massive languages that try to do, and be,
>>>>> everything. For fun I thought about to have a look at Lua, or
>>>>> possibly, go.
>>>>
>>>> Lua is a nice language, but it's really small.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ah! So maybe Lua would be my next hobby language to learn. =)
>>
>> I don't know why people enjoy such small things so much.  Sure, it feels
>> good to master something, but it's also good to have tools that can do a
>> lot for us.  I used to be very minimalist, but following my heart
>> instead of my brain I found Common Lisp to be the nicest of them all.
>> But, sure, if I'm going to embed a language in my executable, Lua is a
>> candidate, though I'd probably go for a small Lisp.
>>
>
> In my case, it is because I am not working as a programmer, so I have
> not requirements to be productive or to be able to generate any income
> of programming.

I am not programming for profit any longer.  Thank God.  I program for
beauty now.  This change has been the hardest thing I had to do and it's
been so worth it.

> That means, I can just have a go at what I find interesting and
> beautiful. It also means that if I get bored, I can just stop, and
> have a look at any other languange that catches my interest. =)

:-)

When I felt comfortable with C, I decided to choose a higher-level
language that could be my main medium of expression.  I choose Lisp.
It's been taking me lots and lots of years, but it's also been so worth
it.  I came up with the Lisp idea observing Barry Margolin here on
USENET many years ago.  It was his discussions on Lisp that brought the
language to my attention.  I had no idea it existed and I felt it was
really strange that inteligent people would care so much about such an
old thing.  Newbies.

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AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> - 2024-08-18 00:28 +0000
  Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-08-19 08:04 +1000
    Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-19 08:40 +0100
      Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-19 18:24 +0100
      Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-19 19:42 +0200
      Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-08-20 07:43 +1000
  Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-18 23:36 +0000
    Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> - 2024-08-27 19:43 -0300
      Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2024-08-27 23:50 +0042
      Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-27 23:36 +0000
        Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> - 2024-08-27 21:05 -0300
      Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-28 16:25 +0200
        Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-08-28 18:37 +0300
        Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> - 2024-08-30 18:56 -0300
          Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-31 11:56 +0200
            Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> - 2024-08-31 12:28 -0300
              Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-08-31 22:34 +0200
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> - 2024-09-01 22:52 -0300
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-02 03:36 +0000
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-02 09:45 +0200
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> - 2024-09-02 11:30 -0300
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-02 18:31 +0200
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Johanne Fairchild <jfairchild@tudado.org> - 2024-09-02 17:31 -0300
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-02 23:08 +0200
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language yeti <yeti@tilde.institute> - 2024-09-02 23:15 +0042
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-03 10:09 +0200
            Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-02 23:50 +0000
              Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-03 02:09 +0000
                Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-09-05 15:10 +0000
              Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language D <nospam@example.net> - 2024-09-03 10:11 +0200
  Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2024-08-21 19:18 +0300
    Re: AWK As A Major Systems Programming Language Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-21 23:59 +0000

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