On Mon, May 3, 2021, at 16:51, Jeremy wrote: > I'd argue that requiring awk to use `head` would create more > complexity(for the end user) than it would solve for the developer.
I assume that you mean requiring head to use awk. I cannot imagine how it would have any effect at all on the end user. And if it has less lines, in a higher level language, sounds like a win.