they are not "just" arrays, they are arrays with a null-terminated expectation. Most of the time. The lack of consistency and difficulty communicating the exp

they are not "just" arrays, they are arrays with a null-terminated expectation. Most of the time. The lack of consistency and difficulty communicating the expectations is what is hair-pulling in C, and that's on top of the difficulty of communicating the difference between an array and a pointer in C.