''The AWK Programming Language'' is a well-known 1988 book written by
Alfred V. Aho,
Brian W. Kernighan, and
Peter J. Weinberger and published by
Addison-Wesley
Addison–Wesley is an American publisher of textbooks and computer literature. It is an imprint of Pearson plc, a global publishing and education company. In addition to publishing books, Addison–Wesley also distributes its technical titles ...
, often referred to as the gray book. The book describes the
AWK programming language and is the ''
de facto'' standard for the language, written by its inventors.
W. Richard Stevens, author of several UNIX books including ''
Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment'', cites the book as one of his favorite technical books. The book is translated to several languages and is cited by many technical papers in the ACM journals.
According to the book's frontmatter the book was typeset "using an Autologic APS-5 phototypesetter and a
DEC VAX 8550 running the
9th Edition of the UNIX operating system".
In September 2023, the second edition was published by
Addison-Wesley
Addison–Wesley is an American publisher of textbooks and computer literature. It is an imprint of Pearson plc, a global publishing and education company. In addition to publishing books, Addison–Wesley also distributes its technical titles ...
, along with an accompanying website.
Books
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References
External links
The Awk Programming Language book review - IEEE
Computer books
Computer_programming_books
Addison-Wesley books
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