Why does a C++ string end in a null terminator?
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  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4418708/whats-the-rationale-for-null-terminated-strings">What&#39;s the rationale for null terminated strings?</a>  </p>
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<p>My question is very simple: why do C++ strings end in null terminators? Is this so that you do  not need to keep count on the length?</p>
