On: AWK-ward Ruby

[abecedarius]

It's Awk, not AWK.

So 'ruby -n' acts like Awk? Neat.

[rtomayko → abecedarius]

GNU's is "Awk" but the language and most early implementations are referred to as "AWK" from everything I've read. More here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWK

[abecedarius → rtomayko]

Huh, I think you're right -- thanks for the correction. Maybe they ought to follow LISP's example, though!

[rtomayko → abecedarius]

FWIW, I was copied on an email exchange with Brian Kernighan regarding the piece and he referred to AWK as "Awk". Thought you'd like to know :)

[abecedarius → rtomayko]

Heh. I'm trying to remember how it appeared in A, K, & W's book: was it 'AWK' with the W and K in small caps? That'd explain the confusion. There's a copy on its way to me now. (It's a surprisingly great book.)