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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: arnold@skeeve.com, 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] doing a native awk port (was Re: Bug in print(2) g verb)
Date: Sun,  3 Mar 2013 14:07:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7264de60fba8d4f39bdd5ff07aee8c25@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201303031854.r23IsvYG029473@freefriends.org>

On Sun Mar  3 13:55:37 EST 2013, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Changing the subject here...
>
> "Paul A. Patience" <paul-a.patience@polymtl.ca> wrote:
>
> > ....
> > for the native port of awk I am completing
> > (started by boyd).
>
> I was under the impression that awk was a native port, but I could
> be wrong.
>
> In any case, I recommend that you start with BWK's latest, which is
> availble on github:
>
> 	git clone git://github.com/onetrueawk/awk
>
> And also talk to Erik who did some work on bringing the Plan 9 awk into
> sync with BWK's a little while back.

this is a long-finished project, which is included in 9atom.
i've been happy with the results.  there haven't been any odd fpes
with venti scores or what have you.

i thought this had been submitted, but i guess not.  if there is any
interest, i would be happy to submit it.

- erik



  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-03-03 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-02-28  2:49 [9fans] Bug in print(2) g verb Paul Patience
2013-03-01  0:08 ` Rob Pike
2013-03-01  2:57   ` Paul A. Patience
2013-03-01  4:54   ` Kurt H Maier
2013-03-01 15:30     ` Rob Pike
2013-03-01 15:58       ` Steve Simon
2013-03-01 17:38         ` Anthony Sorace
2013-03-01 22:53       ` Paul A. Patience
2013-03-03 17:33         ` erik quanstrom
2013-03-03 21:43           ` Richard Miller
2013-03-03 21:52             ` erik quanstrom
2013-03-03 18:54         ` [9fans] doing a native awk port (was Re: Bug in print(2) g verb) arnold
2013-03-03 19:04           ` Paul A. Patience
2013-03-03 19:08             ` erik quanstrom
2013-03-03 19:11               ` Kurt H Maier
2013-03-03 19:18                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-03-03 19:28                   ` Kurt H Maier
2013-03-03 19:31                     ` erik quanstrom
2013-03-03 19:35                       ` Kurt H Maier
2013-03-04  0:10                       ` Dan Cross
2013-03-04  0:39                         ` Kurt H Maier
2013-03-03 19:07           ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2013-03-03 21:29             ` Richard Miller
2013-03-03 21:38               ` erik quanstrom
2013-03-03 17:57       ` [9fans] Bug in print(2) g verb Paul A. Patience
2013-03-03 18:26         ` erik quanstrom

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