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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: Gawk maintainer receives USENIX Lifetime Achievemen Award
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2025 11:36:29 +0100
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mack@the-knife.org (Mack The Knife) writes:

> I only recently learned of this; he was given the award this past
> summer. See https://www.usenix.org/about/awards/flame.

*hat tip* to Arnold.

I am glad that good work gets some recognition from the community, but I
worry that there is no army of youngsters fired by the same enthusiasm
for free (not as in beer) software.  I hope I am wrong about that...

-- 
Ben.