Hello everyone!

I've noticed that the Rust standard library distinguishes concepts of Unix file descriptor and Windows file handle. However, as far as I understand, both can serve either as a reference to the open file that can be used for I/O or other manipulation, or a reference to some other object for some other tasks, and Rust standard library interface to them look similar. I wonder, what is the reason for such distinction?

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