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diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info index 4852a58f..48a8e9a4 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.info +++ b/doc/gawk.info @@ -25090,7 +25090,7 @@ the POSIX specification. Many long-time `awk' users learned `awk' programming with the original `awk' implementation in Version 7 Unix. (This implementation was the basis for `awk' in Berkeley Unix, through 4.3-Reno. Subsequent versions of Berkeley Unix, and some systems -derived from 4.4BSD-Lite, use various versions of `gawk' for their +derived from 4.4BSD-Lite, used various versions of `gawk' for their `awk'.) This major node briefly describes the evolution of the `awk' language, with cross-references to other parts of the Info file where you can find more information. @@ -25532,8 +25532,8 @@ in POSIX `awk', in the order they were added to `gawk'. * The `next file' statement became `nextfile' (*note Nextfile Statement::). - * The `fflush()' function from the Bell Laboratories research - version of `awk' (*note I/O Functions::). + * The `fflush()' function from Brian Kernighan's `awk' (then at Bell + Laboratories; *note I/O Functions::). * New command line options: @@ -25541,8 +25541,9 @@ in POSIX `awk', in the order they were added to `gawk'. available in the original Version 7 Unix version of `awk' (*note V7/SVR3.1::). - - The `-m' option from the Bell Laboratories research version - of `awk' This was later removed. + - The `-m' option from Brian Kernighan's `awk'. (He was still + at Bell Laboratories at the time.) This was later removed + from both his `awk' and from `gawk'. - The `--re-interval' option to provide interval expressions in regexps (*note Regexp Operators::). @@ -25553,7 +25554,7 @@ in POSIX `awk', in the order they were added to `gawk'. * The use of GNU Autoconf to control the configuration process (*note Quick Installation::). - * Amiga support. + * Amiga support. This has since been removed. Version 3.1 of `gawk' introduced the following features: @@ -25644,7 +25645,8 @@ in POSIX `awk', in the order they were added to `gawk'. * Tandem support. This was later removed. - * The Atari port became officially unsupported. + * The Atari port became officially unsupported and was later removed + entirely. * The source code changed to use ISO C standard-style function definitions. @@ -25706,8 +25708,8 @@ in POSIX `awk', in the order they were added to `gawk'. output redirections (*note I/O Functions::). * The `isarray()' function which distinguishes if an item is an array - or not, to make it possible to traverse multidimensional arrays - (*note Type Functions::). + or not, to make it possible to traverse arrays of arrays (*note + Type Functions::). * The `patsplit()' function which gives the same capability as `FPAT', for splitting (*note String Functions::). @@ -26008,8 +26010,8 @@ Info file, in approximate chronological order: * Michal Jaegermann provided the port to Atari systems and its documentation. (This port is no longer supported.) He continues - to provide portability checking with DEC Alpha systems, and has - done a lot of work to make sure `gawk' works on non-32-bit systems. + to provide portability checking, and has done a lot of work to + make sure `gawk' works on non-32-bit systems. * Fred Fish provided the port to Amiga systems and its documentation. (With Fred's sad passing, this is no longer supported.) @@ -26074,8 +26076,8 @@ Info file, in approximate chronological order: - The modifications to convert `gawk' into a byte-code interpreter, including the debugger. - - The addition of true multidimensional arrays. *note Arrays - of Arrays::. + - The addition of true arrays of arrays. *note Arrays of + Arrays::. - The additional modifications for support of arbitrary precision arithmetic. @@ -32153,7 +32155,7 @@ Index (line 19) * next debugger command: Debugger Execution Control. (line 43) -* next file statement: Feature History. (line 168) +* next file statement: Feature History. (line 169) * next statement <1>: Next Statement. (line 6) * next statement: Boolean Ops. (line 85) * next statement, BEGIN/END patterns and: I/O And BEGIN/END. 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