> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 18:16:32 +0000 (GMT) > From: Markus Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Basically, even after reading that page (which told me something I > > didn't know in some cases), Unicode support in basic development > > tools is still very much rudimentary. > > In practice, Perl has long ago replaced grep, sort, tr, awk, for all but > sentimental reasons.
That might be your view, but many people still use those tools, so rumors of their demise are still very much premature. Telling people to use a complex tool such as Perl instead of sort and awk doesn't really work, either.
