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Appendix D Basic Programming Concepts
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This major node attempts to define some of the basic concepts and terms
that are used throughout the rest of this Info file.  As this Info file
is specifically about 'awk', and not about computer programming in
general, the coverage here is by necessity fairly cursory and
simplistic.  (If you need more background, there are many other
introductory texts that you should refer to instead.)

* Menu:

* Basic High Level::            The high level view.
* Basic Data Typing::           A very quick intro to data types.