[Info-vax] C str calls

[David Froble]

Chris Quayle wrote:
> On 08/22/15 08:45 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 
>>
>> Actually, what would be safer is if C wasn't the dominant language
>> in use as an architecture neutral low level system implementation
>> language today...
>>
>> Simon.
>>
> 
> I never blame the tools. If you are programming in a systems
> programming language like C, it's assumed that you are awake, just
> as you must be if you are programming assembler.

I cannot argue with your statement.  However, it's no defense for the tool.  If 
it was, then I could advocate for still programming with wire jumpers.

The tool sucks.

> For the work I do, I rarely if ever use the standard C library as
> it's been full of holes forever. You can write a bounded string
> copy or string length function in a few lines of code, so there's
> no excuse :-)...
> 
> Chris
>