[TUHS] 3 essays on the ujnix legacy

Arnold Robbins via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Mon Nov 3 01:51:43 AEST 2025


Hauke Fath <hauke at Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE> wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:25:16 -0600, Arnold Robbins via TUHS wrote:
> > I never got a job doing Free Software, even though I tried a time
> > or two. Maybe once or twice (in 38 years!) someone paid me to do something
> > on gawk for them.  't'would have been nice to have made a living
> > with this passion.
>
> From somebody who finds himself increasingly gravitating to awk in 
> daily work the more he is getting familiar with its ins and outs -- 
> thank you for your work.

You're welcome!

> <https://xkcd.com/2347/> applies, I guess.

That's the cartoon I first mentioned. Very applicable to this discussion.

Arnold


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