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to: Russell Coker
from: Steven Pasztor
date: 1993-10-13 18:36:00
subject: Re: Pascal Strings

So to Russell Coker do I speak these words:


Sunday October 10 1993 17:17, Russell Coker wrote to Steven Pasztor:



 SP>> Still need to either hand it a TP string, not a C++ string...
 RC>     What is a C++ string?  Is there some sort of string for C++ that's
 RC> different to the "char *x;" and the "char x[100];" types?

Nope! I added the '++' to better clarify what compiler I was using.

C uses NUL terminated strings, while TP has a size byte at the beginning.
Going from TP to C (or C++) is simple, going the other way, not so simple.
(at the ASM level)


nevets


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