The 68K Macintosh used Pascal-style strings; Str255, with a count on the front. I don't recall it ever noticably improving code quality. And it made it really,

The 68K Macintosh used Pascal-style strings; Str255, with a count on the front. I don't recall it ever noticably improving code quality. And it made it really, really hard to deal with long strings; everyone invented their own formats and interoperability between libraries was a nightmare.