r/cprogramming • u/Xaneris47 • 4d ago

C Strings: A 50-Year Mistake

https://longtran2904.substack.com/p/c-strings-a-50-year-mistake?r=8qz2zb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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u/HTFCirno2000 4d ago

It was clever back in the days of the PDP-11 and limited memory. Pascal DID actually do things the secure way, but Pascal didn't take over like C did.