Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 09:09:16 PST
From: esri!sync!eric AT uunet DOT UU DOT NET (Eric Weitzman)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re:GAS vs Intel

I'm suprised to see most of you C pros leaning towards the src,dst
convention.  Notice the dst,src convention in the C string functions:


STRING(3)              C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS              STRING(3)

     ...

     char *strcat(s1, s2)
     char *s1, *s2;

     char *strcpy(s1, s2)
     char *s1, *s2;

     ...

     strcat() appends a copy of string s2 to the  end  of  string
     s1.  strncat() appends at most n characters.  Each returns a
     pointer to the null-terminated result.

     strcpy() copies string s2 to s1 until the null character has
     been  copied.  strncpy() copies string s2 to s1 until either
     the null character has been copied or n characters have been
     copied.   If the length of s2 is less than n, strncpy() pads
     s1 with null characters.  If  the  length  of  s2  is  n  or
     greater,  s1  will  not  be null-terminated.  Both functions
     return s1.

     ...

Sun Release 4.1    Last change: 6 October 1987                  3


These things just depend on the inclination of whoever had the
late-night inspiration to make the design decision and the stamina to
convince his/her colleagues :-)


eweitzman AT esri DOT com  (I sure hope Sun doesn't mind the man page quotation.)