Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 09:59:46 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Jeff Williams wrote:

>      nawk  is a new version of awk   that  provides  capabilities
>      unavailable  in  previous versions. This version will become
>      the default version of awk  in the next major release.
> ------
> 
> I suppose this means the `next major release' of awk.

No, I read it as the ``next major release of the OS''.  It means that
the program called `awk' will actually be `nawk' (directly or via a
symlink).

Since Gawk implements all of `nawk's features, this actually means
that in the future there would be fewer reasons to have a `nawk'
symlink around.

> -: in which case I
> -: suggest to report this to the Gawk maintainer.
> 
> I will do so if you think this is appropriate.

I think it is a fair question, it would be interesting to hear what
Arnold Robbins has to say about it.  Please post to gnu.utils.bug.