I for one like "raw char arrays", and really don't care about missing string functionality in C. I basically use sizeof, snprintf, memcpy and am just fine. I've

I for one like "raw char arrays", and really don't care about missing string functionality in C. I basically use sizeof, snprintf, memcpy and am just fine. I've toyed with defining struct String{ptr,size} sometimes but largely it just gets in the way. If you think it's necessary, it's very easy to make an argument that you'd have to have a generic type for slices of any type. (Actually, more so than strings, since C is just not a language for domains with a focus on strings). Now, whether you think a language must have a generic slice type or not, C is simply not the language where you can fit that in.