peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (05/18/91)
In article <1991May17.011011.6422@uunet.uu.net> arnold@audiofax.com writes: > This is getting off the topic of standards, but what the heck. You > ommitted my rationalization of the consistency. To rephrase: statements > at the rule level should be consistent with statements inside an action. I don't see that this does that. The problem with reasoning about awk, though, is that LF is almost but not quite like a semicolon. Another consideration is that they're already inconsistent: I can't do: /pattern/ print for example. -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"