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jpuritz / dDocent

a bash pipeline for RAD sequencing
ddocent.com
MIT License
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awk program choice #57

Closed wirawan0 closed 4 years ago

wirawan0 commented 4 years ago

This is more of curiosity than issue. Why did dDocent restrict itself to using mawk? In an earlier version apparently gawk was supported, then dropped at commit 1310cbc. I would like to suggest using the more portable name (awk) if there is no absolute reason to use only mawk. I understand that mawk seems to be the fastest awk out there.

jpuritz commented 4 years ago

dDocent has always required mawk for the increased speed and efficiency. Previous versions did utilize traditional awk as well for one function that has since been replaced. Even though awk may seem more portable, there are still a lot of different versions out there, and sticking with only mawk makes things easier for development.