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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed,  3 Jun 2009 19:56:48 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] plan 9 regexp
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On Wed Jun  3 19:41:39 EDT 2009, nemo@lsub.org wrote:
> I have a ssam script that does the work. But  it's not really streaming.
>
> El 04/06/2009, a las 1:36, jrm8005@gmail.com escribió:
>
> > Speaking of regexes in Plan 9, did the "structural awk" or "stream
> > sam" Rob dreamed of in the SE paper ever get realized?
> >
> > [/mail/box/nemo/msgs/200906/41493]
>

here's a pointer to the previous discussion of ssam, which
does exist for unix:

http://9fans.net/archive/2003/10/309

"structural awk" is still a tempting idea.  but why not
just go wild and implement a shell with sres?

- erik