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From: wcwince@watmath.waterloo.edu
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Subject: UMIPS SysV AWK end of statement syntax restriction
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Date: 18 Aug 89 16:12:14 GMT
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From: "Bill Ince [MFCF]" 

On UMIPS 4.0, an AWK script of the following form:
    BEGIN { some_stuff_here }  { more_stuff_here }
works with /usr/bsd43/bin/awk but not with /bin/awk.
Sent in a bug report, stashed in
daisy:/software/umips/bug-reports/reports/awk-eol.