[ale] Awk as a programming language

[Geoffrey]

Ed Cashin wrote:
> 2008/9/19 Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>:
>> Here is something I'm thinking about today.   Does awk merit a spot on a
>> resume?
> 
> It depends on your audience.  I tend to tune my resume for
> the people I expect to be reading it.
> 
> A UNIX guru would probably be impressed to see awk there
> because even if it doesn't indicate that you were scripting
> before perl, etc., were around, it does indicate that you appreciate
> the value of a good old-school tool.  

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this.  You do know that AWK 
pre-dates perl.

--
Until later, Geoffrey

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