Nov 1, 2004
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What was the difference between LocalAlloc and GlobalAlloc?
Back in the days of 16-bit Windows, the difference was significant. In 16-bit Windows, memory was accessed through values called "selectors", each of which could address up to 64K. There was a default selector called the "data selector"; operations on so-called "near pointers" were performed relative to the data selector. For example, if you had ...