JB>  TM> i know they point to a spot in memory
JB> 
JB> The trick is getting them to point to a convenient spot.
JB> 
JB> there's a number of ways to do that
JB> 
JB> 
JB>  NIL is a special pointer constant that is used wehn you want a pointer to
JB>      point nowhere
JB> 
JB>  {at} can be used to point one at an existing variable
JB> 
JB>  new can be used to create an anonymous variable and point a pointer at it

what about seeing the ^blah?

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