From: Gregory Seidman <gsslist+ruby@...>
Date: 2006-11-24T11:26:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Streaming Spreadsheet in Ruby

On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 04:05:38AM +0900, ben@somethingmodern.com wrote:
} Do you really want to learn Awk's esoterica, in 2006? It doesn't do
} aggregation well (SUM, MEAN), and "we know Ruby already."
} 
} David Kastrup wrote:
[...]
} > Looks like a case for awk to me...
} > 
} > -- 
} > David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

I've known awk for much longer than Ruby had existed. It is excellent for
line-based, field-based data manipulation. It feels a lot like C, with a
few other niceties (like associative arrays).

The point here is that you use the right tool for the job. For this job,
awk is decidedly the right job.

--Greg