[tyingq]

Gawk's ability to extend it with C code is interesting as well, and pretty straightforward.

Here's the source for the fork() extension that ships with gawk...it's ~150 lines or so: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/tree/extension/fo...

I was able to make a (terrible/joke/but-it-kinda-works) web server with gawk using the extensions that ship with it: https://gist.github.com/willurd/5720255#gistcomment-3143007

[tgv]

My opinion that belongs to me is as follows. This is how it goes. The next thing I'm going to say is my opinion.

The C interop and name-spaces (also in gawk) is a bridge too far for me. By the time you need one of those, it's time to look for another language. Awk is just not enough of a language to write serious programs in. And I really like awk. It has enabled great scripting not only for log files, but also for dictionaries, back in the day when it was still hard to load one in memory.

That is my opinion, it is mine, and belongs to me and I own it, and what it is too.

[gompertz]

It's good you're unapologetic. At the same time, these sort of features are what I love as they avoid me having to move onwards to something new, and start near ground zero. Living by the mantra "Do 2 things 1000 times, not 1000 things 2 times."