W8SDZ@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) (12/19/88)
This announcement is somewhat belated as this file has been on
Simtel20 for some time now. Sorry it was overlooked.
--Keith
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From: Russ Nelson <nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
To: w8sdz
Re: awk200.arc
I have uploaded awk200.arc.
Filename Type Bytes CRC
Directory PD1:<MSDOS.TXTUTL>
AWK200.ARC BINARY 84394 69C8H
READ.ME follows:
pc AWK author's word
This version of AWK was inspired by the programming language
BAWK which was in turn inspired by AWK. I had just finished modifying
the LEX and YACC compilers to conform to the UNIX documentation and
saw this as an opportunity to use these utilities. Hence this version
of AWK is partly written in LEX and YACC and is compiled with Borland
Turbo C.
The YACC grammar generates a pseudo code program for each
pattern and action which is interpreted by ycode interpreter. The
regular expressions are compiled by a recursive descent single pass
compiler into a related p-code program that is executed by an rcode
interpreter.
I am releasing this version to the public for comment and
criticism. I have recently received Aho, Weinberger and Kernighans
book called "The AWK Programming Language". I have been making make
sure that this version of pc AWK will conform to the language
described by this book. The current version conforms to the
description in that book. Please send your comments to me at 153/123.
This version of AWK is not intended to be in the public domain
and is the sole property of Rob Duff. Any distribution for commercial
gain is prohibited. You may freely copy and distribute AWK and may
not charge anyone for the software, only for the medium, shipping, and
service. If you do give this program away please use the origional
arc file, also distribute any upgrades to the same people or BBS's.
Rob Duff
Vancouver BC
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Thanks for the upload, Russ!
--Keith