I'm probably missing something, but if it's going to be of variable size, why not just a null-terminated string? Why does the size itself need to be specified a

I'm probably missing something, but if it's going to be of variable size, why not just a null-terminated string? Why does the size itself need to be specified along with the string? EDIT: Nevermind, this thread [0] has more discussion about it. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7572081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7572081