29 Jan
2006
29 Jan
'06
11:54 p.m.
In article <200601292250570253.40C9015F at 10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
well, would I write a bunch of M4, lex, awk and sed
to to merge the
nibbles on two hex files?
Neither would I. I'd probably write a single awk script.
I suppose I could figure out a way to drive screws
using a jackhammer, but
a screwdriver is the right tool for the job.
These tool analogies don't really work when you're talking about general
purpose programming languages like C.
C and awk could both drive screws like a screwdriver or pound on concrete
like a jackhammer with equal applicability.
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