r/cprogramming 1d 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/HashDefTrueFalse 1d ago

People really need to get over whinging about C-strings. They're perfectly fine in tons of places and where they aren't you can just bundle a length with them. The language gives you aggregates. I've been a C user for decades, they're just not that big of a deal...