On 15 Oct 2011 at 19:17, Eric Smith wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
But what kind of person would use the given
sample loop, rather
than > a library routine?
Someone wanting slightly different behavior. For instance, if they
wanted to copy a string into an array of ints rather than an array of
chars.
But the original was stated where both were char*;
Ah, the C pointer--the bane of optimizers everywhere. The "but
what does it point to?" problems.
Did Niklaus Wirth ever have any kind words for C?
--Chuck