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Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun [message #47122 is a reply to message #47067]

Tue, 24 January 2006 08:26

David Fanning
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Paul Van Delst writes:

> I wonder why RSI decided to implement pointers this way? Or, to rephrase, why they called
> the implementation they chose a pointer?

Originally they were called "handles", but that annoyed
pretty much everyone. :-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. And before *that* they were called user values of
unrealized top-level base widgets. But that's really going
too far back in history, probably. :-)

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		compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: L. Testut on Sun, 22 January 2006 04:26
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: JD Smith on Tue, 24 January 2006 14:15
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Foldy Lajos on Tue, 24 January 2006 13:30
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: JD Smith on Tue, 24 January 2006 13:13
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: JD Smith on Tue, 24 January 2006 13:05
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: JD Smith on Tue, 24 January 2006 12:55
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:58
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:26
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:13
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:09
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: peter.albert@gmx.de on Tue, 24 January 2006 08:01
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 06:42
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Maarten[1] on Tue, 24 January 2006 02:04
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: peter.albert@gmx.de on Tue, 24 January 2006 00:09
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 January 2006 20:03
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 23 January 2006 16:14
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 January 2006 15:16
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 January 2006 10:38
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 23 January 2006 10:25
		Re: compile a routine wich inlude a commun By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 January 2006 10:04

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