Fix Issue #38 - don't require non-= after = in cmd line assignment.

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@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ THIS SOFTWARE.
 This file lists all bug fixes, changes, etc., made since the AWK book
 was sent to the printers in August, 1987.
 
+May 29,2019:
+	Fix check for command line arguments to no longer require that
+	first character after '=' not be another '='. Reverts change of
+	August 11, 1989. Thanks to GitHub user Jamie Landeg Jones for
+	pointing out the issue; from Issue #38.
+
 Apr 7, 2019:
 	Update awktest.tar(p.50) to use modern options to sort. Needed
 	for Android development. Thanks to GitHub user mohd-akram (Mohamed