I don't think I've ever encountered a common practical programming situation where I wanted null-termination as the convention for strings.
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Replying to @quartersdg @nothings
I'm assuming he's talking about "the old days", when it would have been a big deal? Everything's x64 now anyways :)
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Replying to @cmuratori @quartersdg
So yeah, it probably doesn't make any sense NOW, but I definitely encountered these 10-20 years ago.
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Replying to @nothings @quartersdg
(also, I guess not EVERYTHING is x64 nowadays, because of certain nefarious fellows who are still on VC6 :P )
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Replying to @cmuratori @quartersdg
Yeah, but I don't consider that when generalizing to "best practice"-y kinds of things.
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Replying to @nothings @quartersdg
There's also the Chinese Windows XP installed base too :) Still 30% even for gamers!pic.twitter.com/S3cx4yGf7O
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