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From: bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Handles
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Date: 22 Dec 90 12:30:27 GMT
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In article <1990Dec22.083627.5994@nntp-server.caltech.edu> toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes:
>
>>	Why DO handles exist?  Why can't one just use the pointers?
>>(I am learning programming now. . .)
>
>Handles are a concept that Apple came up with to deal with memory management
>on the Mac and the GS.

Handles (under the name of vectors, but same thing) have been used in
the Apple // all along. 

Bob Church
bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu