Awk is UNIX command line tool and a processing language. It is specialized for textual data manipulation - usually structured in lines of human-readable text.

Resources:

• https://ferd.ca/awk-in-20-minutes.html

Odin is a systems programming language that emphasizes simplicity and efficiency.

Features:

• struct tags
• proper enums
• tagged unions
• built-in optional
• or_else/or_return/or_continue/or_break
• distinct types
• Named arguments
• Named returns
• Default parameter values
• built-in matrix type
• built-in quaternions
• forced in/exclusive range operators ..< and ..=
• can get the zero value of any type using `{}`
• defer if <condition>
• explicit procedure overloading
• vendored libraries
• bit_set/bit_field
• proper slices (not like Go slices that combine dynamic arrays)
• implicit selector expressions `.Member<sub>Name</sub>`
• parametric polymorphism with intrinsics
• structure of arrays
• implicit context system
• where clauses
• ternary operator (? : or if else)
• C integration
• `for x in xs` instead of `for _, x := range xs`, and `for &x in xs` if you want `x` to be addressable

• Build your own programming language
• Lisp in 99 lines of C and how to write one yourself
• Writing that changed how I think about PL