On 2 August 2012 07:31, Martin Kopta <mar...@kopta.eu> wrote: > On 08/02/2012 01:20 PM, hiro wrote: >> >> why not a C-to-awk compiler? > > > Written in Perl. NOW we are finally getting somewhere. > >
I think cut is exactly the kind of job that awk (or sed) can be good for. It seems crazy not to use an existing tool that implements all the functionality, that can be nicely bundled in a a script. Calvin
