Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:45:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Marc Ramirez <marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: RMS says: "Use BSD, for goodness sake!" Message-ID: <20030626103815.Q80951@www.bluecirclesoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20030626143136.GE57378@iconoplex.co.uk> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030625214311.00e5e240@localhost> <20030626010357.J508@hub.org><20030626113553.GA53078@packet.org.uk> <a0600123cbb20a4be710f@[10.0.1.4]> <20030626143136.GE57378@iconoplex.co.uk>
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Paul Robinson wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 03:30:25PM +0200, Brad Knowles wrote:
>
> > True, but I'd still hate to see it go. It's been such a basic
> > part of *nix for so long that I think way more people have come to
> > count on it than anyone realizes.
>
> OK, for awk, it's already been determined we have to keep it. I just vote a
> move over to the awk that OpenBSD has which isn't GPL. In fact, as much as
> we can nick as possible would be good... :-)
I vote for the switch as long as it doesn't affect that pacemaker software
I wrote a while back:
cat /dev/heartrate |
awk '{if ($1<70 || $1>200) system("/usr/local/sbin/defibrillate");}'
More people count on awk than anyone realizes...
--
Marc Ramirez
Blue Circle Software Corporation
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