Hey Ed,
Would you be so kind as to explain, if you know, what in the context of a process or a thread, the concept of a handle represents, as opposed to a token or an id?

I've been stumbling over this very issue so often for several years now. I'm awfully ashamed...

TIA, Steven-


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>>No, it is property of person, not of VFP. I believe that VFP developers have good chanse to become superior. When someone is permanently stupid, VFP never could make him more wise.
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>>If that is the case, the tool is independent. I then come back to my question f why you think VFP'ers are intellecutually superior to others...
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>They have to be to escape the brain-damaging crutches imposed by the language. A simple test - what percentage of VFP developers know what in the context of a process or a thread, the concept of a handle represents, as opposed to a token or an id? I'd venture to guess that the percentage is vanishingly small, especially when compared to people developing in C++ or Java. The typical VFP programmer isn't aware of what the differences are, and won't lift a finger to learn it unless jabbed repeatedly with a powerful cattleprod. The lack of initiative on the part of the VFP developer community creates the need for 'backwards compatibility'. How much hue and cry came from the BASIC developers when BASIC transiteds to VB, and gave up a whole lot of 'backwards compatibility' in the process.