home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!adastra!mbs
- From: mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us (Michael B. Smith)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: What is (APTR) ?
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <mbs.108h@adastra.cvl.va.us>
- References: <copes.716466012@marsh> <1992Sep14.134005.8597@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (beta) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
- Date: 14 Sep 92 19:32:02 EDT
- Organization: Private UUCP Node
- Lines: 14
-
- In article <1992Sep14.134005.8597@samba.oit.unc.edu> Todd_Lewis@unc.edu (Todd M. Lewis) writes:
- > ] /* WARNING: APTR was redefined for the V36 Includes! APTR is a */
- > ] /* 32-Bit Absolute Memory Pointer. C pointer math will not */
- > ]/* operate on APTR -- use "ULONG *" instead. */
- >
- > I think you are right, though. It stands for "A Pointer".
-
- Hmm. I'd always interpreted it (based on the above comment from the includes)
- as "Absolute Pointer" and that "BPTR" was "BCPL Pointer".
-
- Maybe its like the difference between HAL and IBM? :)
- --
- // Michael B. Smith
- \X/ mbs@adastra.cvl.va.us -or- uunet.uu.net!virginia.edu!adastra!mbs
-