7 Apr
2011
7 Apr
'11
9:07 p.m.
Hi. Does anyone remember for sure if "new" awk shipped with System V
Release 3.1 or 3.2? I know it wasn't 3.0.
Thanks!
Arnold Robbins
11 Apr
11 Apr
11:56 a.m.
Le 07/04/2011 21:07, Aharon Robbins a écrit :
Hi. Does anyone remember for sure if "new" awk shipped with System V
Release 3.1 or 3.2? I know it wasn't 3.0.
Hi,
http://www.levenez.com/lang/ says 1978 for oawk and 1985 for nawk.
regarding http://www.levenez.com/unix/, 1978 is between v6 and v7,
and 1985 is between SVr2 and SVr3.0.
Regards,
Cyrille Lefevre
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1:35 p.m.
http://www.levenez.com/lang/ says 1978 for oawk and
1985 for nawk.
regarding http://www.levenez.com/unix/, 1978 is between v6 and v7,
and 1985 is between SVr2 and SVr3.0.
The preface of "The AWK Programming Language" says: "Awk was originally
designed and implemented by the authors in 1977, ... so awk was enhanced
in a new version made available in 1985". About the book and the
enhancements the preface says that "The examples in Chapter 1 use only
the facilities of the new version; many examples in later chapters take advantage
of new features. This version of awk is part of Unix System V Release 3.1.
Source code for this version is also available through AT*T's Unix System
Toolchest software distribution; call 1-201-522-6900 and log in as guest."
There is also info how to get it in other parts of the world.
jaap
12 Apr
12 Apr
9:17 p.m.
Thanks for straightening this out! When I did a quick skim of my copy
of the book a few weeks ago I missed it.
Arnold
From: Jaap Akkerhuis <jaapna(a)xs4all.nl>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:35:50 +0200
To: tuhs(a)minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] when did new awk first appear?
http://www.levenez.com/lang/ says 1978 for oawk
and 1985 for nawk.
regarding http://www.levenez.com/unix/, 1978 is between v6 and v7,
and 1985 is between SVr2 and SVr3.0.
The preface of "The AWK Programming Language" says: "Awk was originally
designed and implemented by the authors in 1977, ... so awk was enhanced
in a new version made available in 1985". About the book and the
enhancements the preface says that "The examples in Chapter 1 use only
the facilities of the new version; many examples in later chapters take advantage
of new features. This version of awk is part of Unix System V Release 3.1.
Source code for this version is also available through AT*T's Unix System
Toolchest software distribution; call 1-201-522-6900 and log in as guest."
There is also info how to get it in other parts of the world.
jaap
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