In a recent note, Clem Clarke said: > Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:11:45 +0800 > > I have spent some years studying this problem and have developed some > User friendly C macros that solve the problem. > These are reminiscent of the StrAllocCat, StrAllocCopy, et. al. family of string functions which are used in Mosaic and its browser progeny. References at site:w3.org and site:webhistory.org for example.
We're in agreement tnat C strings were ill-conceived. z/OS Unix services BPX1* assembler callable interfaces wisely eschewed them in favor of descriptors. Are your macros compatible with either the descriptors used by PL/I or those used by BPX1*? (Are the two the same?) -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
