PE>> Or maybe 4GL, or maybe SAS, or maybe a spreadsheet.  I'm talking
 PE>> about C programs here.

 RS> And thats precisely what Awk is you dill, C with a revamp on how the
 RS> input lines are processed. In fact thats about all it is, a very fancy
 RS> way of processing the input lines in precisely the same way you were
 RS> suggesting.

If it was C, it would compile with an ISO C compiler.  There's a 100% ISO C
conforming compiler available from IBM that works on MVS.  Not much help to
me if I've got code in AWK.  BTW, if you're going to call AWK C, you may as
well call C++ C.  BFN.

Paul

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