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OCC Scripting Language for Quick and Dirty Data Processing Tasks
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32:18 - 41:13 (08:54)

Learn about OCC, a scripting language designed for quick and dirty data processing tasks like counting and selecting interesting information from text files for rearranging or summarizing them.

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The speaker discusses the approaches to coding and algorithm design, ranging from iterative tinkering to formal planning, and the considerations that go into choosing the appropriate algorithm for exploratory data analysis.
32:18 - 35:05 (02:47)
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Software engineering
Summary

The speaker discusses the approaches to coding and algorithm design, ranging from iterative tinkering to formal planning, and the considerations that go into choosing the appropriate algorithm for exploratory data analysis.

Chapter
OCC Scripting Language for Quick and Dirty Data Processing Tasks
Episode
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
OCC is a simple and elegant scripting language that can help process and explore data quickly and efficiently.
35:06 - 37:09 (02:03)
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OCC Scripting Language
Summary

OCC is a simple and elegant scripting language that can help process and explore data quickly and efficiently. It was designed to make it easy to complete quick and dirty tasks such as counting and summarizing text files, and its straightforward model has stood the test of time.

Chapter
OCC Scripting Language for Quick and Dirty Data Processing Tasks
Episode
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
OCC is a text processing tool that simplifies program code by reducing the number of lines needed to process text data, by using a set of default behaviors and patterns to read through files and lines within files.
37:10 - 39:02 (01:51)
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Text Processing
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OCC is a text processing tool that simplifies program code by reducing the number of lines needed to process text data, by using a set of default behaviors and patterns to read through files and lines within files.

Chapter
OCC Scripting Language for Quick and Dirty Data Processing Tasks
Episode
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast
The podcast hosts discuss the simplicity and usefulness of Grep and why it's not commonly found in operating systems like Windows, which relies on a graphical interface.
39:02 - 41:13 (02:11)
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Grep
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The podcast hosts discuss the simplicity and usefulness of Grep and why it's not commonly found in operating systems like Windows, which relies on a graphical interface.

Chapter
OCC Scripting Language for Quick and Dirty Data Processing Tasks
Episode
#109 – Brian Kernighan: UNIX, C, AWK, AMPL, and Go Programming
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast