Re: [bug-gawk] Happy birthday AWK

[Peter Brooks]

From:
https://web.archive.org/web/20101112211704/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awk#cite_note-2

AWK was originally written in 1977, and distributed with Version 7 Unix
<https://web.archive.org/web/20101112211704/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_7_Unix>
.

From:
https://web.archive.org/web/20100529064532/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_7_Unix

From:
https://web.archive.org/web/20100226041700/http://minnie.tuhs.org/UnixTree/V7/

many new applications arrived: awk, cpio, f77, lex, lint, m4, make, sed,
tar, uucp.

From:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090918200008/http://minnie.tuhs.org/UnixTree/V7/usr/doc/

UNIX Programmer's Manual
Seventh Edition
January 10, 1979

Original awk man page:
https://web.archive.org/web/20090926172842/http://minnie.tuhs.org/UnixTree/V7/usr/man/man1/awk.1.html

An interview that suggests it was around 1975 that there was a working
version:

https://web.archive.org/web/20101114081617/http://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/transcripts/weinberger.htm




On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 13:05, Miriam English <address@hidden> wrote:

> It was quite a few years ago now, so I can't remember where I read it,
> but I think 22nd April 1977 refers to the day awk was initially
> released, though I might be misremembering that. I regret I didn't
> record anything more than the date in my birthday reminders list.
>
> I've just spent about an hour googling and can't shed any light on it,
> unfortunately. Sorry.
>
> Cheers,
>
>      - Miriam
>
>
> address@hidden wrote:
> > Miriam English<address@hidden>  wrote:
> >
> >> It's 42 years old today!
> >>
> > Much thanks!
> >
> > I'm curious - what is the basis for saying that today is AWK's birthday?
> >
> > Arnold
> >
>
> --
> The only person that you should try to be better than is the person you
> were yesterday.
>   -- Ain Eineziz
>
>
>

-- 
Peter Brooks


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