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This is why everything in the Mac and iOS SDK is prefixed with NS - think it stands for NeXT Step?
by sudhirj 8y ago
This is why everything in the Mac and iOS SDK is prefixed with NS - think it stands for NeXT Step?
- saagarjha 8y agoCould also be NeXT/SUN–but there's clearly a NeXT in there either way.
- mmjaa 8y agoYou are correct - the NS* stands for "Next/Sun" ...
- saagarjha 8y agoDoes anyone have a counterpoint to this? I've heard both, so I'm curious if any one is "more correct".
- mmjaa 8y agoI've heard both too, but I've seen docs that refer to the "NextSTEP/Sun" namespace .. somewhere buried deep in the Apple docs .. but I can't find it now. Either way, both "NextSTEP" and "NextSTEP/SUN" have been used to answer this question in the past, so I'd say both are correct .. especially since Sun left the project early.
- Bahamut 8y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15977053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15977053
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoYes, that's exactly what it stands for - see e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/473758/what-does-the-ns-prefix-mean https://stackoverflow.com/questions/473758/what-does-the-ns-....