= Сообщение: 4851 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Maurice Kinal 2:280/464.113 27 Aug 19 16:45:02 Кому : Maurice Kinal 27 Aug 19 16:45:02 Тема : Max subject length: 71 or 72 chars? FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:280/464.113+5d655e0e На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:153/7001.2989+5d654fb6 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: UTF-8 ================================== ============================================================================== Hallo Maurice!
MK> As for the null terminator that is a hangover from strings being MK> terminated with nulls. I am unsure where that idea originates MK> but I suspect pre-F77 FORTRAN.
According to Wikipedia it is a C thing but you're right about it being used as a string terminator which facillitates variable lengths for strings and has nothing to do with a fixed field length of 72 (or 71) bytes.
Het leven is goed, Maurice
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