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		keyle 51 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: IRCd service (2024) That's funny, and totally not what awk was designed for, but it does it anyway!

Blahagun 51 days ago [–]

It's exactly what it was designed for - text processing! Which fits perfectly for the irc protocol.

keyle 50 days ago | [–]

Awk was designed for one liners and short programs, not tons of lines. See talks by its designers.

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