[comp.sys.mac] handles

mch@A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Mark Hahn) (02/05/88)

handles have been around for a long time, though probably not my that name.
For example, see unix's standard parameters to main():

int main(argc, argv)
	int argc;
	char *argv[];

that's ANSI, but it used to be:

	char **argv;

which is a handle by another name.  and in the end, anyone doing
memory-management (in software) or generic data structures has to use them,
or equivalent forms.