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by vram22 2667 days ago
>I remember when awk was first implemented. sed was already standard, and awk was this new thing. I love it, and for some things it's my "go to" language. That colors how I think of it - I think of it as a language.

Google for "sed is Turing complete" and see the results, including the post at catonmat.net - Peteris Krumins' blog :) There's even an HN thread about it.