line length limit in awk

[Jim Wright]

I write:
>Is the limitation of number of fields per record in (n)awk insurmountable?

And the results are in.

use gawk -- no mention if the limitation is still present, but you do
            get source to fix it

use perl -- no such limitation

use a2p -- converts awk scripts to perl scripts

Choice three is for me.  At least until I learn perl.

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Jim Wright
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Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.