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asdfasgasdgasdg 19 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years o...

That useful software would not have been less useful if the strings in it were represented as size + buf.

crackez 18 days ago [–]

Oh really? Have you tried to rewrite anything to put your theory to the test? I don't think it's as straight forward as you think it is...

smackeyacky 18 days ago | [–]

Exactly. The pascal I used had no way to dynamically allocate a string they were all fixed at compile time. That really sucked.

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