[flohofwoe]

That doesn't matter, even C doesn't matter in that regard anymore, or the opinion of any other language on the best string memory layout. Once zero-terminated strings leaked into operating system APIs the damage was done forever, and there never was a good time to fix the problem afterwards.

[pjmlp]

That is no excuse not to try to improve the status quo.

Maybe liability and lawsuits are really needed to stop with such excuses.