Re: Makefile.yp awk -> perl?

[Stephen Marley <stephen_(_dot_)_marley_(_at_)_catwoman_(_dot_)_cl-is_(_dot_)_com>]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 11:13:13AM -0500, Jesse Kempf wrote:
> Granted, Makefile.yp works, but the targets look like incomprehensible
> line noise and as the years move on, fewer and fewer people will know
> awk.

Only if, like you, they don't bother learning it. Awk and sed should be
in any *nix admin's arsenal. Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

Besides, I can't believe someone is advocating Perl on the grounds of
readability. 

Oh, and this belongs in misc@

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