The memsetting code is more obvious for older programmers and probably more compatible too. I don't want to start a flame or something, but if you want shiny ne

The memsetting code is more obvious for older programmers and probably more compatible too. I don't want to start a flame or something, but if you want shiny new programming features and initialisation you should probably look away from C and try javascript ot something similar. One of the reasons we love C is that the same code compiles and works cleanly on the latest linux, a freebsd 4.11. or PIC16.