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From: steve%brl-bmd@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: Re:  Avl
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Date: Thu, 13-Oct-83 12:17:48 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 13 12:17:48 1983
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From:      Stephen Wolff <steve@brl-bmd>

Well........... sure.  Don't know about AVL, but it's hard to beat AWK for
sheer quaintness!  "Awk variables take on numeric ..... or string values
according to context."  "Array elements are not declared; they spring into
existence by being mentioned."  And buggy code?  What despair can compare with:

		awk: Syntax error near line 42
		awk: Bailing out near line 42
		$