Path: utzoo!lsuc!sickkids!mark
From: mark@sickkids.UUCP (Mark Bartelt)
Newsgroups: ut.general
Subject: Anyone have awkcc?
Message-ID: <119@sickkids.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 88 13:33:12 GMT
Reply-To: mark@sickkids.UUCP (Mark Bartelt)
Distribution: tor
Organization: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
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In a recent article in comp.unix.questions, somebody from AT&T mentions
that the AT&T Toolchest has an awk=>C translator ...

> The AT&T Toolchest sells a program called "awkcc" which is a AWK to C
> translator.
> [ ... ]
> The main purpose for awkcc is to speed up programs, speed up factors
> between 2 and 6 are common, however, some awk scripts are faster than the
> generated C code.

> The cost is $175.00 for source and $2000.00 for binary sublicensing.  The
> $175.00 lets you distribute source and binary for awkcc in unlimited number
> on your own companies machines.

Has anyone at UofT gotten a copy of this yet?  Comments?

Mark Bartelt                          UUCP: {utzoo,decvax}!sickkids!mark
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto   BITNET: mark@sickkids.utoronto
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