> Disagree to disagree again.  I certainly don't think Perl is less
> capable than awk.  


Neither do I...

>> Really? Why for? awk is far easier to learn than Perl 
>> - and far less generally capable! - but it makes Perl seem 
>> positively verbose!

I said awk was easier to learn but less capable than Perl.

Perl is capable of things that awk can only dream of!

Alan G.

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