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by WhatIsDukkha 1739 days ago
"""I probably would have reached for Python if I realised how many edge cases there were"""

This is the counter for all the "success" stories of awk users that walked away with an underspecced and underdeveloped 5 minute solution.

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Most people reach for what they know best. I'm not sure it really proves anything about relative merits.