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From: jack@rlgvax.UUCP (Jack Waugh)
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Subject: sizeof "string"
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Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 00:00:16 EST
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I have seen at least one compiler (I forget which) that  gave
2  (the  size  of a pointer on that machine) as the size of a
string.  So it isn't a  reliable  portable  practice  to  use
sizeof on strings.

Jack Waugh