>BTW, handle memory has no advantage over pointer memory in OS X. 
>Physical memory does not get fragmented and is never compacted. 
>Handle blocks are therefore fixed, just like pointer blocks. They 
>are never moved by an allocation request. (Never?  Well hardly ever: 
>ResizeHandle is the exception.)   In an OS X-only app, if you have a 
>choice between pointer- and handle-blocks, use pointers; they carry 
>less overhead.
>
>Robert P.


Thanks -- I didn't know that.

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