From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  schrieb:   
   > On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:20:47 -0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:   
   >   
   >> Around 1989, I got access to UNIX workstations and also worked in C   
   >> and various script languages, especially Perl.   
   >   
   > What else was there in terms of “scripting” at the time?   
      
   I actually started out with awk, which preceded Perl (I did   
   not mention that because I mainly switched to Perl once it was   
   available, but I will use awk '/foo/ { print $1,$3 }' style of   
   scripts every now and then.   
      
   awk actually has the same logic as RPG, but is many orders of   
   magnitudes saner.   
      
   >   
   > In those days, “scripting” meant “interpreted”, which in turn meant   
   > “slow”. Perl managed to break the mould by compiling to an   
   > intermediate byte-code form, which made it fast enough to be a real   
   > productivity booster for many common quick-and-dirty programming   
   > tasks.   
      
   I think the same applies to awk.   
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