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From: mz@well.UUCP (Michael Zentner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Philosophical programming question:  handles
Summary: Did Apple invent Handles
Message-ID: <5192@well.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 88 04:47:51 GMT
References: <870130@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
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In terms of straight "C" programming, a Handle is just a pointer to a 
pointer. Unix programmers use them all the time but don't call them
handles. On the Mac a handle carries the extra connotation that it
may refer to a block of relocatable memory. The stuff in memory moves
around but the handle is constant.