Re: [9fans] updating awk ...

[hiro <23hiro@gmail.com>]

spew is a 9front user who wanted to improve awk.

there is no separate hg location, branch, etc., awk is in the default
branch of 9front.

i don't know if he wasted a thought on unix while he was doing that,
better ask him: he's on #cat-v on freenode regularly.

the 9front distribution .iso contains the complete hg repo with all
the history, so if you can run our awk, you also have the source and
the history.
his efforts started with the regexp library that used to require ape!
the first related commits i found are:

changeset:   5271:9bf761f83f7e
branch:      spew
user:        ben@rana
date:        Wed Apr 27 07:52:41 2016 -0500
summary:     remove ape regexp library, add utility for awk native port

changeset:   5269:cad63b966180
branch:      spew
parent:      5266:682b1efdef40
user:        ben@rana
date:        Tue Apr 26 22:23:44 2016 -0500
summary:     New libregexp and APE ported to native

replying to list in case others want to understand, too.