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From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack)
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Subject: Once upon a time... (Was: printing words without newlines?)
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 14:15:59 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <v2538p$1jmvm$1@dont-email.me>,
Janis Papanagnou  <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>A function definition called once from the BEGIN section isn't
>called "once per input line".

Especially since it is commented out, so it executes exactly zero times.

Actually setting ORS (or any other similar variable) inside a function
definition is not such a bad idea, in terms of modularity.

-- 
To all the people worried about how bad it would look to have a public trial of a
former president (and all the usual verbiage that we heard in 1974), I say this to DJT:
    Just plead guilty, take your medicine, do your time, just fade away.
    For the good of the country.  Do the right thing.