> > You really should understand how things like .size or lengh() aren’t “free” and how they work. > You're talking about strings here, right? This is not true

> > You really should understand how things like .size or lengh() aren’t “free” and how they work. > You're talking about strings here, right? This is not true in all languages, but certainly is for C :) I realize now that I misread this. It sounded as if you were saying '...but it is [free] for C', and on re-read I now understand that's not what you said at all.