Re: Total Newbie Backward Compat Question

Richard Heathfield wrote:

> Chris ( Val ) said:
> 
> <snip>
>  
>> Do you think writing a library in 'C' is easier than using C++?
> 
> Yes, absolutely. Much, much, much, much easier, with la****ngs of
cleaner,
> lightly saute'd pleasanter, and a tasteful side salad of simpler.
> 
> 
>> Btw, C++ is a multi paradigm language and not OOP specific.
> 
> And yet, when people post code that is not in line with your perception
of
> OOP best practice, you criticise it on that basis. Seriously, Chris, you
> might want to think about this inconsistency.
> 
> Man wanna use gets, I tell him bad dog no biscuit. Some things are so
> broken that they are wrong by definition.
> 
> But man wanna use strncpy or strtok or using namespace std, I tell him
> good luck, here's how it works, here are the gotchas to watch out for,
be
> careful out there.

What are the issues with strncpy or strtok and what would people tend to
use
instead?

Hal