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@@ -29695,13 +29695,11 @@ CHEM
Brian Kernighan and Jon Bentley, and is available from
`http://netlib.sandia.gov/netlib/typesetting/chem.gz'.
-Cookie
- A peculiar goodie, token, saying or remembrance produced by or
- presented to a program. (With thanks to Professor Doug McIlroy.)
-
-Coprocess
- A subordinate program with which two-way communications is
- possible.
+Comparison Expression
+ A relation that is either true or false, such as `a < b'.
+ Comparison expressions are used in `if', `while', `do', and `for'
+ statements, and in patterns to select which input records to
+ process. (*Note Typing and Comparison::.)
Compiler
A program that translates human-readable source code into
@@ -29725,11 +29723,13 @@ Conditional Expression
otherwise the value is EXPR3. In either case, only one of EXPR2
and EXPR3 is evaluated. (*Note Conditional Exp::.)
-Comparison Expression
- A relation that is either true or false, such as `a < b'.
- Comparison expressions are used in `if', `while', `do', and `for'
- statements, and in patterns to select which input records to
- process. (*Note Typing and Comparison::.)
+Cookie
+ A peculiar goodie, token, saying or remembrance produced by or
+ presented to a program. (With thanks to Professor Doug McIlroy.)
+
+Coprocess
+ A subordinate program with which two-way communications is
+ possible.
Curly Braces
See "Braces."
@@ -29771,15 +29771,15 @@ Dynamic Regular Expression
`"foo"', but it may also be an expression whose value can vary.
(*Note Computed Regexps::.)
+Empty String
+ See "Null String."
+
Environment
A collection of strings, of the form `NAME=VAL', that each program
has available to it. Users generally place values into the
environment in order to provide information to various programs.
Typical examples are the environment variables `HOME' and `PATH'.
-Empty String
- See "Null String."
-
Epoch
The date used as the "beginning of time" for timestamps. Time
values in most systems are represented as seconds since the epoch,
@@ -29834,20 +29834,20 @@ Free Documentation License
published and may be copied. (*Note GNU Free Documentation
License::.)
-Function
- A specialized group of statements used to encapsulate general or
- program-specific tasks. `awk' has a number of built-in functions,
- and also allows you to define your own. (*Note Functions::.)
-
-FSF
- See "Free Software Foundation."
-
Free Software Foundation
A nonprofit organization dedicated to the production and
distribution of freely distributable software. It was founded by
Richard M. Stallman, the author of the original Emacs editor. GNU
Emacs is the most widely used version of Emacs today.
+FSF
+ See "Free Software Foundation."
+
+Function
+ A specialized group of statements used to encapsulate general or
+ program-specific tasks. `awk' has a number of built-in functions,
+ and also allows you to define your own. (*Note Functions::.)
+
`gawk'
The GNU implementation of `awk'.
@@ -29947,12 +29947,12 @@ Lesser General Public License
archives or shared objects, and their source code may be
distributed.
-Linux
- See "GNU/Linux."
-
LGPL
See "Lesser General Public License."
+Linux
+ See "GNU/Linux."
+
Localization
The process of providing the data necessary for an
internationalized program to work in a particular language.
@@ -30091,13 +30091,13 @@ Search Path
source files. In the shell, a list of directories to search for
executable programs.
+`sed'
+ See "Stream Editor."
+
Seed
The initial value, or starting point, for a sequence of random
numbers.
-`sed'
- See "Stream Editor."
-
Shell
The command interpreter for Unix and POSIX-compliant systems. The
shell works both interactively, and as a programming language for
@@ -32156,7 +32156,7 @@ Index
* compatibility mode (gawk), octal numbers: Nondecimal-numbers.
(line 60)
* compatibility mode (gawk), specifying: Options. (line 81)
-* compiled programs <1>: Glossary. (line 157)
+* compiled programs <1>: Glossary. (line 155)
* compiled programs: Basic High Level. (line 15)
* compiling gawk for Cygwin: Cygwin. (line 6)
* compiling gawk for MS-DOS and MS-Windows: PC Compiling. (line 13)
@@ -32202,7 +32202,7 @@ Index
* CONVFMT variable: Strings And Numbers. (line 29)
* CONVFMT variable, and array subscripts: Numeric Array Subscripts.
(line 6)
-* cookie: Glossary. (line 149)
+* cookie: Glossary. (line 177)
* coprocesses <1>: Two-way I/O. (line 25)
* coprocesses: Redirection. (line 96)
* coprocesses, closing: Close Files And Pipes.
@@ -32819,7 +32819,7 @@ Index
* frame debugger command: Execution Stack. (line 27)
* Free Documentation License (FDL): GNU Free Documentation License.
(line 7)
-* Free Software Foundation (FSF) <1>: Glossary. (line 296)
+* Free Software Foundation (FSF) <1>: Glossary. (line 288)
* Free Software Foundation (FSF) <2>: Getting. (line 10)
* Free Software Foundation (FSF): Manual History. (line 6)
* FreeBSD: Glossary. (line 611)
@@ -32836,7 +32836,7 @@ Index
* FS, containing ^: Regexp Field Splitting.
(line 59)
* FS, in multiline records: Multiple Line. (line 41)
-* FSF (Free Software Foundation) <1>: Glossary. (line 296)
+* FSF (Free Software Foundation) <1>: Glossary. (line 288)
* FSF (Free Software Foundation) <2>: Getting. (line 10)
* FSF (Free Software Foundation): Manual History. (line 6)
* fts() extension function: Extension Sample File Functions.
@@ -33361,7 +33361,7 @@ Index
* mawk utility <4>: Getline/Pipe. (line 62)
* mawk utility: Escape Sequences. (line 120)
* maximum precision supported by MPFR library: Auto-set. (line 235)
-* McIlroy, Doug: Glossary. (line 149)
+* McIlroy, Doug: Glossary. (line 177)
* McPhee, Patrick: Contributors. (line 100)
* message object files: Explaining gettext. (line 42)
* message object files, converting from portable object files: I18N Example.
@@ -34112,7 +34112,7 @@ Index
* square root: Numeric Functions. (line 92)
* srand: Numeric Functions. (line 96)
* stack frame: Debugging Terms. (line 10)
-* Stallman, Richard <1>: Glossary. (line 296)
+* Stallman, Richard <1>: Glossary. (line 288)
* Stallman, Richard <2>: Contributors. (line 23)
* Stallman, Richard <3>: Acknowledgments. (line 18)
* Stallman, Richard: Manual History. (line 6)