> What makes you think the awk solution is any more portable than the Perl
> solution?
awk is a standard Unix tool and has a specification in my copy of the
CAE X/OPEN docco. Perl is not. Add to that the fact that awk is a much
simpler program, can be had under a BSD license, and much is easier to
port to non-Unix platforms, and I think it's a clear winner.
That Apache required Perl is no excuse to bloat up APR with that
requirement. Apache is not APR's only client.
I prefer coding perl to awk, but it's not the more portable tool.
I -1 your -1. :)
BWK awk, by the way, is a fine awk. We tossed gawk for it in Mac OS X,
and all (even GNU autoconf, which, by the way, uses awk) works just ducky.
-Fred
Wilfredo S�nchez, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Open Source Engineering Lead
Apple Computer, Inc., Core Operating System Group
1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 94086, 408.974-5174
