In message <3DC8AB4F-3D2B-433A-B731-D8191A985F8F@pobox.com> you wrote: > On 8 Feb 2008, at 14:03, steve donovan wrote: > > > (g)awk is a lovely language. Look at those old books by Jon Bentley > > and > > you'll see the oldtimers prototyping things in AWK. Was probably the > > first scripting language, apart from BASIC and shell ;) Awk is what I used to use until I discovered Lua. Awk, too, is a language that elicits affection, despite its shortcomings. See http://www.wra1th.plus.com/awk/awkfri.txt -- Gavin Wraith (gavin@wra1th.plus.com) Home page: http://www.wra1th.plus.com/