Xref: utzoo alt.sources.d:1514 comp.lang.perl:4247 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!ppcnet!ppcger!Sepp From: Sepp@ppcger.ppc.sub.org (Josef Wolf) Newsgroups: alt.sources.d,comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: An AWK script to check "junk" for newsgroups Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 91 00:24:08 GMT References: <112753@mamnix.hamm.sub.org> <~Y+&#J#@ads.com> <1991Feb22.011415.21895@convex.com> Lines: 15 tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes: ] What systems are _delivered_ with nawk? I don't see why you think a gawk ] program has something over a perl one; it's certainly slower. If your ] point is delivered systems, then nawk/gawk scripts aren't the answer. Well, but what about awk? Isn't it more standard than perl? Greetings... | Josef Wolf, Germersheim, Germany | +49 7274 8047 -24 Hours- (call me :-) | ...!ira.uka.de!smurf!ppcger!sepp | +49 7274 8048 -24 Hours- | sepp@ppcger.ppc.sub.org | +49 7274 8967 18:00-8:00, Sa + Su 24h | "is there anybody out there?" | all lines 300/1200/2400 bps 8n1