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From: cep@apple.com (Christopher Pettus)
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Subject: Re: Standard File and Desk Accessories
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Date: 9 Jun 89 23:48:35 GMT
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In article <1241@speedy.mcnc.org> kk@mcnc.org (Krzysztof Kozminski) writes:
> BTW, an idea that I had at 3:15 am was to use the NULL location:
>         *((Handle*) 0L) = HStorage;
>         
> Why not? All applications should avoid writing into NULL location, so

What happens when the _next_ piece of code comes along, assuming that all 
applications will avoid writing to zero?  And, what happens when you can't 
write to location zero (as under A/UX, I believe)?

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