Broken Awk??!? (for awk wizards)

[Mike Mitchell]

Is awk known to be broken on V/AT? I have the following file which exhibits
bizzare behavior. There is a file with three lines and the awk command which
follows. I do not understand what is happening.

'file' contains

	1 <mid>
	2 <midx> <mid>
	3 <midy>

I use the command

	awk '$3 !~ /^(<.*>)?$/' file

I get the output

	1 <mid>

If things were working consistantly, I would expect the output

	1 <mid>
	3 <midy>

If things were working as I read the manual, I would expect the output

		(NOTHING!)

Is my expression hurt, or is awk hurt?
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