Not sure . sed and awk existed and it has not prevented perl , so that is not a good argument really . For me it is actually the reverse when I see sed and awk why use either of them if you could have all of it in , say , ruby anyway ? The only reason I can come up with is historic legacy really . It ' s the same problem I have with shell scripts why use them if you could stay in a better language all the time anyway ? Sure , in environments without any of these languages but you do have bashzsh , this may make sense , but aside from that ? <| sep |> Thanks . I thought they hated sick old men . <| sep |> She gets the self destructive thing honestly . I ' m fine with her being a mess , it ' s more entertaining than her being miss perfect . Also hoping for a rory spin off where she is just getting her shit together .