https://www.tyrminal.com/tags/increment/Recent content in Increment on TyrminalHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0500https://www.tyrminal.com/posts/day-020-the-suicide-pact/Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0500https://www.tyrminal.com/posts/day-020-the-suicide-pact/Day 020: The C String Contract Is a Suicide Pact The C string contract goes like this: you give the function a pointer, the function trusts you completely, and when you are wrong, you both go down. No negotiation. No error return. No last-second check. strcat does not ask how much space you have. It assumes you know. If you are wrong, it keeps writing until something breaks. That is not a bug.