Is malloc() or calloc() "better"?

[Stanislaw L. Olejniczak]

It seems to me that most programmers, in giving examples here, use malloc()
instead of calloc().  It seems to me that, with the headache I always get
thinking of C strings, calloc would be a more common procedure.  Would someone
please enlighten me why is malloc so much more popular?
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