Re: [C] strlen, strcat and malloc

From: Alwyn (dt015a1979_at_mac.com.invalid)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:36:20 +0100

In article <2muecfFqq6njU1@uni-berlin.de>, Fatted <obeseted@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Alwyn wrote:
> > In article
> > <Pine.LNX.4.60-041.0407291146130.28809@unix42.andrew.cmu.edu>, Arthur
> > J. O'Dwyer <ajo@nospam.andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
> > The OP has been doing this kind of thing since I joined this newsgroup,
> > despite repeatedly having his mistakes explained to him.
> >
> > Fatted, move on to Python or Ruby or a myriad other languages I could
> > mention. Their string handling is a lot more intuitive and elegant.
>
> Thats very generous of you. I tell you what, when I do understand, I'll
> stop asking questions (you can of course feel free not to answer). I am
> trying.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you were stupid, or anything.
It's just that when one finds something really hard, one should ask
oneself from time to time whether the skill one is trying to acquire is
worth mastering. There are many ways to skin a cat, and I was
suggesting that the Pythonic way or the Ruby way of handling strings
(or, come to that, even the C++ way!) might give you quicker returns on
your investment.

Alwyn

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