[asdfasgasdgasdg]

That useful software would not have been less useful if the strings in it were represented as size + buf.

[crackez]

Oh really? Have you tried to rewrite anything to put your theory to the test? I don't think it's as straight forward as you think it is...

[smackeyacky]

Exactly. The pascal I used had no way to dynamically allocate a string they were all fixed at compile time. That really sucked.