<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;webcache.googleusercontent.com&#x2F;search?q=cache:PptRk2k3FKIJ:https:&#x2F;&#x2F;symas.com&#x2F;the-sad-state-of-c-strings&#x2F;&amp;num=1&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=ch&amp;strip=1&amp;vwsrc=0" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;webcache.googleusercontent.com&#x2F;search?q=cache:PptRk2k...</a><p>This topic is a triviality of C programming. You run into performance (or usability) issues with standard strings - you roll out your own. It takes... what?... 20 minutes? OK, maybe an hour. Would it help to have an alternative standardized? Perhaps. Is it <i>critical</i> to have it? Hell, no.