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diff --git a/README_d/README.pc b/README_d/README.pc index d4645632..f8addb09 100644 --- a/README_d/README.pc +++ b/README_d/README.pc @@ -92,3 +92,30 @@ or andreas.buening@nexgo.de (OS/2 version) Support for Windows32 started in gawk-3.0.3. + +---- +From: Eric Pement <eric.pement@gmail.com> +Newsgroups: comp.lang.awk +Subject: djgpp Gawk ver. 4.0 available +Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:42:00 -0700 (PDT) +MS Windows users: + +The DJGPP compilation of GNU awk v4.0.0 is now available here: + + ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gwk400b.zip + +For those who don't know the difference between the DGJPP compile and +other versions compiled for Windows, the most noticeable to me is that +it supports Unix-style use of 'single' and "double" quoting. Example: + + [c:\tmp]> :: normal Windows awk requires complex quoting + [c:\tmp]> gawk "BEGIN{ print \"hello, world\" }" + hello, world + [c:\tmp]> :: DJGPP compile of awk permits Unix quoting in CMD + [c:\tmp]> djgawk 'BEGIN{ print "hello, world" }' + hello, world + +Syntactic sugar? Sure. But it makes life easier in a Windows +environment, and without installing Cygwin ... + +Eric P. |