>> >> Hmm. Some GNU tools don't stink. So far, I find >> >> gawk to be generally >> >> superior to the real thing. >> > >> > The one time that I benchmarked /usr/xpg4/bin/awk >> against >> > /opt/sfw/bin/gawk, awk was significantly faster. >> >> I don't care about speed. > > I've got better things to do in life than to wait for slow software. > >> I want stability and >> perfect reliability in the >> interface. It must do what it did yesterday and >> tomorrow when dealing with >> scripts and function calls for code written in 1993 >> if needed. > > That's fine, to a point. I'm all for getting the interface right and then > not changing it. But if there are errors in the interface, or if the > interface is specified by an external body (e.g., ISO/ANSI for C and C++, > Open Group etc. for SUS) then some change is needed if you don't want to > be stuck in the past. >
Nothing wrong with being stuck in the past if the "past" works just fine. A good algorithm is tough to beat quite frankly but if you have a better quick sort by all means let us know. To me awk is a basic tool that should just work. I could care less about a 5% shift in speed with awk. -- Dennis _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
