[UFO Chicago] Wow, Score for O'Reilly!
Nick Moffitt
nick@zork.net
Wed, 19 Jun 2002 13:01:07 -0700
begin Ian Bicking quotation:
> Otherwise Unix Power Tools might make people feel smarter and serve
> as a source of trivia. And of course we've all been looking to
> become more effective awk programmers, right? I've always felt awk
> was the language for the new millennium.
So here's my thoughts on this:
UPT is a kickass book. It's a great book to just open up to the
middle and start reading. 100% recommended.
As for awk, it's a GREAT language, but I recommend the FSF's book over
any of those published by O'Reilly. The GAWK book is super primo
eleet.
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01234567 <- The amazing* indent-o-meter!
^ (*: Indent-o-meter may not actually amaze.)