> the closest thing [...] to currently popular languages like js
awk is more than that: having introduced the "function" keyword, for e in a, semicolon-less syntax, stringly-typing, delete x[e], etc, etc, it's quite obviously the base for JavaScript, and Brendan Eich said as much [1].
awk is more than that: having introduced the "function" keyword, for e in a, semicolon-less syntax, stringly-typing, delete x[e], etc, etc, it's quite obviously the base for JavaScript, and Brendan Eich said as much [1].
[1]: https://brendaneich.com/2010/07/a-brief-history-of-javascrip...