Right. The string library is in glib.

There were a few big libraries in the ecosystem if I remember well, GTK, glib and another two. They're from the same origin and often mixed together.

It's been almost a decade since I dabbled into this stuff day-to-day. I think being forced to use glib is the turning point in a developer's life where you realize you simply have to move on to a more usable language.

So true