Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 16:45:36 +0100 From: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> To: Paul Chvostek <paul+fbsd@it.ca> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RMS says: "Use BSD, for goodness sake!" Message-ID: <20030626154536.GJ57378@iconoplex.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030626152034.GA38756@mail.it.ca> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20030625214311.00e5e240@localhost> <20030626010357.J508@hub.org> <20030626110336.GW34365@iconoplex.co.uk> <20030626113553.GA53078@packet.org.uk> <20030626152034.GA38756@mail.it.ca>
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On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 11:20:34AM -0400, Paul Chvostek wrote: > Unless it's absolutely vital to use something else, yes. Awk has been > around forever, and behaves in a more predictable and consistent fashion > even than perl (due at least in part to the smaller toolset it offers). STOP! OK, I forgot to mention, somebody mailed me off-list and pointed out in -CURRENT, awk is non GPL. It uses one-true-awk which is BSD licensed. So, awk stays, and it's not GPL'ed any more. -- Paul Robinson
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