Re: Gawk maintainer receives USENIX Lifetime Achievemen Award

mack@the-knife.org (Mack The Knife) writes:

I only recently learned of this; he was given the award this past
summer. See https://www.usenix.org/about/awards/flame.

*hat tip* to Arnold.

I am glad that good work gets some recognition from the community, but I
worry that there is no army of youngsters fired by the same enthusiasm
for free (not as in beer) software.  I hope I am wrong about that...

--
Ben.