[Info-vax] VMS process communication

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 3/25/2023 2:04 PM, bill wrote:
> On 3/25/2023 1:30 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 3/25/2023 1:17 PM, bill wrote:
>>> I thought null terminated strings was a C thing and a bad idea?  :-)
>>
>> There was ASCIZ before there was C.  But still not advisable.
> 
> I knew there was.  I just find it funny that everyone holds that
> idea up as the very worst thing in C

Probably not the worst thing. Just not particular good.

>                                      and yet, as you said, it was
> the industry standard long before C came around.

Used/seen before yes. Industry standard I don't think so.

>                                                  Had C done it
> differently I am sure people would have bitched about abandoning
> the current standard.

There are usually always people willing to complain about
anything.

But I do not remember anyone complaining about strings not
being null terminated char arrays in newer languages.

Arne