For the sake of pedantry only: I don't think we called it RAII in 1993-1996, but the technique was in use in that period, though it wasn't standardized in any w

For the sake of pedantry only: I don't think we called it RAII in 1993-1996, but the technique was in use in that period, though it wasn't standardized in any way. IIRC, Mac developers would have been widely exposed to it by Metrowerks PowerPlant during that time.