Sds vs. GB: C string libs, copy or coincidence?

2 nephewtom 3 5/5/2025, 7:34:32 PM

I was testing a bunch of different of C/C++ libraries to manage strings, and found this coincidence:

sds (Simple Dynamic Strings from antirez, Redis creator): https://github.com/antirez/sds/blob/master/README.md?plain=1#L33

gb (gb single file libs from gingerBill, Odin language creator): https://github.com/gingerBill/gb/blob/master/gb_string.h#L71

Copy or coincidence?

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jqpabc123 · 3h ago

Object Pascal (Delphi, Free Pascal) offered this as a native part of the language over 2 decades ago.

But of course, we all know that real programmers don't use Pascal and instead prefer to re-invent it with C syntax.

nephewtom · 4h ago

May be... inspiration...

pestatije · 1h ago

thats whats called a "false dilemma"

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Sds vs. GB: C string libs, copy or coincidence?

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