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  • Gawk maintainer receives USENIX Lifetime Achievemen Award

    From mack@mack@the-knife.org (Mack The Knife) to comp.lang.awk on Sat May 31 19:16:19 2025
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    I only recently learned of this; he was given the award this past
    summer. See https://www.usenix.org/about/awards/flame.

    There is an interview with him here: https://www.usenix.org/publications/loginonline/interview-arnold-robbins

    Pretty neat.
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  • From Ben Bacarisse@ben@bsb.me.uk to comp.lang.awk on Sun Jun 1 11:36:29 2025
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    mack@the-knife.org (Mack The Knife) writes:

    I only recently learned of this; he was given the award this past
    summer. See https://www.usenix.org/about/awards/flame.

    *hat tip* to Arnold.

    I am glad that good work gets some recognition from the community, but I
    worry that there is no army of youngsters fired by the same enthusiasm
    for free (not as in beer) software. I hope I am wrong about that...
    --
    Ben.
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