Thread: What should I think...

>Prelude, show us what that code should be changed too
It seems I answer a question of this nature every day. The correct way to do this is to allocate enough memory to hold what you intend to copy to p.

Code:

char *p = malloc ( sizeof ( "Hello, world!" ) );
  
if ( p != NULL )
  strcpy ( p, "Hello, world!" );

-Prelude

Most probably,
He was joking or making u anoid.
else
He don't know what *nix are? How ther are serving him even his daily life.

i would NOT say that he's an idiot (until i read the last part)

just for that, he is an idiot; but he is a highly capable idiot - my opinion...

What should you think?

Try various OSs yourself including the one's he promotes and after a while, form your own opinion.....

Just becaue someone seems an "expert" at something or another doesnt make them a fountain of knowlege IMO....

What do i have understand form the site of Happy Hackers
http://happyhacker.org/define.shtml is that Hacking is always ethical... while Cracking is Unethical and Illegal...
Because Hackers do not suppose to crack the Network... for malacious Purposes..

how about this?

Code:

#define STR_SIZE 14

char* p = (char*) malloc(STR_SIZE);

if(p != NULL)
    p = strncpy(p, "Hello, World!", STR_SIZE);

as far as i see it as the same limitations? maybe looks a little cleaner?