> Frankly on windows this is AFAIK a mostly-unheard-of technique. No one does mapping. This must be incorrect. Jeffrey Richter's advanced windows, a very wid

> Frankly on windows this is AFAIK a mostly-unheard-of technique. No one does mapping. This must be incorrect. Jeffrey Richter's advanced windows, a very widespread win32 book, introduced this technique to a LOT of developers, just when windows was the hot stuff for programmers. I don't think I've seen a win32 code base >100 Kloc without mapping. Understanding and using it is one of those rites of passage that marks the switch from junior to medior win32 developer.