Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #109
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Kernighan unpacks AWK's implicit execution model. The language handles looping over files, lines and patterns, leaving the programmer to specify matches and actions.
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it reads through each of the linesyou just write the pattern and the action