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		bluGill on July 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm not a fan of strlcpy(3) How should they? in some cases they have decided that isn't where they want c to go, in others the model of 1970 is still good enough, and in others they are being slow (possible intentional to not make a mistake)

pjmlp on July 16, 2024 [–]

So C isn't about being designed close to the hardware after all.

bluGill on July 17, 2024 | [–]

it is designed with careful understanding of real hardware. However that is not close to any particular hardware.

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