[OT] - subthread - perl vs sed Re: [olug] Text search and Replace

[Sean Kelly]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 01:41:55PM -0600, Jay Hannah wrote:
> Call me a zealot, but IMHO it's a good idea to learn Perl once rather 
> than learning sed _and_ awk. Learn one thing instead of two, plus you 
> can then do sooo much more than both combined. Ah, Perl. The Swiss Army 
> Chainsaw of text processors**.

Okay, zealot. The proper thing to do is to learn all three and then learn
when and how to use them properly and in sane proportions.

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