[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Michael Kraemer]

glen herrmannsfeldt schrieb:
> 
> Well, the C gets() function, I believe still part of the standard,
> has no way to know the length of the buffer.  The only answer is
> not to use it, but it does seem fair to blame the language in that
> case. 

To be nitpicking: it's not part of the language,
neither are all other functions.
But I agree, at least the doc's should deprecate its use.

> Otherwise, yes, it is up to programmers to check at the
> appropriate points.
>