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C.6 Summary
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   * 'gawk''s extensions can be disabled with either the '--traditional'
     option or with the '--posix' option.  The '--parsedebug' option is
     available if 'gawk' is compiled with '-DDEBUG'.

   * The source code for 'gawk' is maintained in a publicly accessible
     Git repository.  Anyone may check it out and view the source.

   * Contributions to 'gawk' are welcome.  Following the steps outlined
     in this major node will make it easier to integrate your
     contributions into the code base.  This applies both to new feature
     contributions and to ports to additional operating systems.

   * 'gawk' has some limits--generally those that are imposed by the
     machine architecture.

   * The extension API design was intended to solve a number of problems
     with the previous extension mechanism, enable features needed by
     the 'xgawk' project, and provide binary compatibility going
     forward.

   * The previous extension mechanism is no longer supported and was
     removed from the code base with the 4.2 release.