This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
. rename the function to main'gethostname, so it can be called unqualified,
. strip the trailing \0 character, closes PR # bin/1084,
. a better way to express an insane long string.
Submitted by: Giles Lean <giles@topaz.nemeton.com.au> (except the 1st)