Hacker News: jxbdbdhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jxbdbdHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:52:05 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by jxbdbd in "Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches"]]>Why would a pascal string be any shorter than a C string?

A C string is one pointer reaching all of memory, a Pascal string is two pointers reaching all of memory

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