Whenever I review C code, I first look at the string function uses. Almost always I'll find a bug. It's usually an off by one error dealing with the terminating 0. It's also always a tangled bit of code, and slow due to repeatedly running strlen.
But strings in BASIC are so simple. They just work. I decided when designing D that it wouldn't be good unless string handling was as easy as in BASIC.
But strings in BASIC are so simple. They just work. I decided when designing D that it wouldn't be good unless string handling was as easy as in BASIC.