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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: using awk with records that have over 100 fields
Keywords: awk
Message-ID: <10894@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 3 Jan 91 00:45:52 GMT
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In article <1991Jan2.164006.24557@csn.org> skwu@spot.Colorado.EDU (WU SHI-KUEI) writes:
: Has it ever struck you that perl scripts and JCL code are painfully similar
: precisely because perl is a Swiss army chainsaw?

No, I haven't stopped beating my wife, but her backhand is improving.

Larry Wall
lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov