[TUHS] Is it still possible to find old USENET postings?

[Arnold Robbins via TUHS]

Leah Neukirchen <leah at vuxu.org> wrote:

> Arnold Robbins via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> writes:
>
> > Thanks to everyone who sent answers.  
> >
> > A particular thank you to Adam Sjøgren <asjo at koldfront.dk>
> > who found the article: https://article.olduse.net/9157@elsie.UUCP
> > on the site he maintains.
> >
> > It's fun to see it.  I agree with ADO that the answers do
> > reflect the corporate culture of the time. :-)
>
> Now I wonder what the awk versions did, that didn't print each line
> that contains an equal sign?
>
> -- 
> Leah Neukirchen  <leah at vuxu.org>  https://leahneukirchen.org/

Probably produced syntax errors.  Since it's hard to tell when you
see just the '/=' whether it's an assignment operator or the beginning
of a regular expression. 

Issues with /= still lurk in the One True Awk. See this one from
June: https://github.com/onetrueawk/awk/pull/255.  :-)

Arnold