title: GLib v APR pros and cons of each
body: <p>I have a couple of hobby C programming projects that I would like to start.  I am looking for an open source library that has a liberal license (I want credit, but pretty much anybody can use).  The library needs to have strings better than the C standard library and some portable threading primitives.</p>
  
  <p>I am considering <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/" rel="noreferrer">GLib</a> and <a href="http://apr.apache.org/" rel="noreferrer">APR</a>.  What is your practical experience?  Which is the better foundational C library?  Are there any other libraries filling the same niche?</p>