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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <assert.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    char* s = "tasmanian devil";

    printf("GOOD\n");
    printf("strlen(\"%s\") == %zd   // in characters, not counting null terminator ('\\0')\n", s,
            strlen(s));
    printf("        123456789012345\n");
    printf("\n");
    printf("BAD\n");
    printf("sizeof(s) == %zd\n",
            sizeof(s));
    printf("... because s is an address (of a char array) and address take 8 bytes to store on our platform.\n");

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
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