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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638425 --- Comment #7 from Mark McKinstry <mmcki...@nexcess.net> 2010-10-05 20:04:39 EDT --- (In reply to comment #5) > If I may ask, what's the motivation for adding two alternate versions of awk > to > Fedora? The reason for mawk is it can be faster than gawk for some things [1] [2]. As for nawk, I like doing things with awk and comparing the different awks so I figured I'd include nawk too. nawk is also the version of awk included with the BSDs and OS X. [1] http://anyall.org/blog/2009/09/dont-mawk-awk-the-fastest-and-most-elegant-big-data-munging-language/ [2] http://awka.sourceforge.net/compare.html -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list package-review@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-review
