On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 12:12:29 +0000, Peter Relson wrote: > ... >PL/X does have the concept of a variable-length string (with the length being >in a separate variable, or in a preceding halfword). > PostScript has a fairly opaque "substring" with at lest 3 components: o the string body o the amount of storage in use o the amount of storage allocated. That last allows dyadic copy and concatenate operators without overrun hazard.
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