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

[Sam Tetherow]

Why waste the effort, if you are resource starved to the point that perl 
is that much more of a burden then sed, your issue is not the tool but 
the environment.

Do you still use ed for simple file editing?

Sean Kelly wrote:
> 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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