The left side shows all the ridiculous string types C++ developers have to deal with: str, String, OsStr, OsString, Path, PathBuf, Vec<u8>, &u8, CString, CStr... while the right side shows the elegant simplicity of just using char[]. It's like bringing a Swiss Army knife to a gunfight when all you needed was a bullet. The string handling complexity in modern languages vs. the old-school C approach is programming's version of "why use many word when few word do trick?"
The String Type Olympics
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