AWK in 4.X different from 5.X?

[Christopher Nehren]

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On 2005-03-26, Francisco Reyes scribbled these
curious markings:
> Are the AWK in the 4.X branch and 5.X branch different?
> Looking at
> http://www.shelldorado.com/articles/awkcompat.html#os11
>
> it seems the AWK in the 4.X branch has strftime.
> I have 5.3 in my machine and AWK doesn't have that function.

Probably because the awk on a 4.x machine is GNU awk, whereas the 5.x
awk is the awk that comes straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak,
and so thus hasn't been "extended" with GNUisms.

Best Regards,
Christopher Nehren
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