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From: Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What's the best non-JVM native language to look at?
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:21:14 +0000, lipska the kat wrote:

> awk -> erk!

Why erk at it? 

For the sort of task its designed to do awk is very concise. It is easy 
to write and debug for anybody with a reasonable knowledge of regexes and 
any programming language that has C-like syntax. For my money it beats 
Perl into a cocked hat and leaves many 'report writers' grovelling in the 
dust, especially if they're called RPG3.
  

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