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Re: CVS commit: src/external/historical/nawk/bin



On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 00:07:23 +0200, Roland Illig wrote:

> Am 03.07.2022 um 21:55 schrieb Valery Ushakov:
> > On Sun, Jul 03, 2022 at 10:56:22 +0000, Roland Illig wrote:
> > 
> > > Module Name:	src
> > > Committed By:	rillig
> > > Date:		Sun Jul  3 10:56:22 UTC 2022
> > > 
> > > Modified Files:
> > > 	src/external/historical/nawk/bin: awk.1
> > > 
> > > Log Message:
> > > awk.1: remove trailing space in output of 'echo' example program
> > 
> > This is cure worse than the desease.  Please revert.
> 
> Why is it worse?

It's ugly, and complicated (for an example), and it obscures the point
this example tries to make.  The point is not to write a perfect
echo(1) clone in awk.

-uwe


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