[clug] [OT] Null-terminated strings: expensive mistake or not

[steve jenkin]

A friend sent me this link making a case that null-terminated strings
were "The Most Expensive One-byte Mistake".

I think it was exactly right at the time:
 - fits the Unix Philosophy: simple and definitive solutions
 - falls naturally out of C and how it handles pointers

Which begs the question:
  Is it right for now?

<http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2010365>

There are a bunch of C and other coders on the list.
Thought you might have interesting opinions on this.

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