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There is also goAWK[0], a re-implementation of AWK in Go.

GoAWK is a great tool. Added benefit of POSIX-compliance, it builds FAST, and is just generally much more reliable and enjoyable to work with.

I'll be honest, I'm still quick to reach for perl/python for most awk-able tasks, but, I'm often impressed with Awk and its ilk.