Discussed 11 months ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30343373 (38 comments)

I wish this "AWK-like language" came with performance benchmark comparisons.

Edit: Thank you, benhoyt!

It has very detailed benchmarks (the "Benchmarks" link in the README): https://github.com/ezrosent/frawk/blob/master/info/performan...