Re: building rc on QNX4

[Carlo Strozzi <carlos@linux.it>]

On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 11:15:02AM -0400, Smarasderagd wrote:
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 >replacing ` with ``($nl) if I really want lines and not tokens. If the
 >input is big enough to cause problems for rc, I switch to awk, sed, or
 >whatever.  Complicated interactive scripts I usually write in awk/gawk.

awk and sed are great tools, but the problem with awk is that any
interactions with external utilities spawns an extra /bin/sh process,
wich sucks a hell of a lot in Web CGI scripts. That's why using a shell
in the first place, with a bit of care, tends to be more efficient.
And awk does not even have an 'exec' facility, that would also help with
saving processes.

bye  -carlo
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