wtf, multidimensional array o chars

gistfile1.c

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

#if !defined mempcpy
void *mempcpy(void *dst, const void *src, size_t len) {
  return (char *) memcpy(dst, src, len) + len;
}
#endif

int main() {

  int i;
  char **a, *b[] = {"c", "de"};
  a = (char **) malloc(2 * sizeof(char *));

  for(i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
    a[i] = (char *) malloc(3 * sizeof(char));
    *((char *) mempcpy ((char *)a[i], (i==0 ? "xy" : "kk"), 3)) = '\0';
  }

  // check positions
  printf(" a[0] = %s\n", a[0]);
  printf(" a[1] = %s\n", a[1]);

  // check length
  printf(" sizeof a[] -- %d\n", (int)(sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0])));
  printf(" sizeof b[] -- %d\n", (int)(sizeof(b)/sizeof(b[0])));

  return 0;
};

hehe ... não quis ofender, só achei conveniente deixar na mão já, me ajuda padre :P