On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:05:31 -0700, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On 2018-01-30, at 06:27:02, Tom Marchant wrote: > >> On Tue, 30 Jan 2018 05:46:20 +0000, Jon Perryman wrote: >> >>> Unix lacks the robust MVS features because of the C language >> >> I am not a fan of C, but I don't believe that any of the shortcomings >> of Unix are properly attributed to the C language. >> >Which of the two is to blame for null-terminated strings? (Or >was it BCPL?)
Well, ok, null-terminated strings are a booby-trap included in the C language. But it was poor programming that caused the problems. -- Tom Marchant
