Re: gawk latest 3.1.3 build on SunOS 4.1.4

[Aharon Robbins]

Paul Eggert wrote:

> It might save everybody some work if you simply installed an older
> gawk, as SunOS 4.x was quite popular back in the mid 1990s.  I'd
> suggest gawk 3.0.2 (dated 1996) or 3.0.6 (dated 2000).

I disagree with this advice.  The current gawk always has more bug
fixes and often performs better than old versions. 3.0.2 had a major
memory leak in it; it's a bad choice.

If I can support SunOS 4.x I will; it sounds like it's not a lot of
work.

Stephen, drop me a note separately if you're willing to test prerealeases
under SunOS.

Arnold