> Kirk wrote: > C has always had support for fixed length strings (aka char[]).
Sorry if I was insulting. It was not intentional. I'm not sure how implied this wasn't possible. > Kirk wrote: > XLC/C++ compiler will inline MVC, MOVS, etc inplace of memcpy() and > strcpy(). And it knows how to write unrolled MVC loops for a run-time > length argument variable. C is a byte by byte language. Anything not hidden in a primitive or function must be processed byte by byte. In primitives and functions, the compiler can choose how to implement it. The point is C programmers must process byte by byte unless they can find a function. > Kirk > Not to mention that with C++ you can use std::string or write your own with > whatever implementation you want. This is another method to hide byte oriented functionality. Regards, Jon.
