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Cocoa IS Nextstep - which is why the class names are prefixed NS
by rahoulb 16y ago
Cocoa IS Nextstep - which is why the class names are prefixed NS
- pavlov 16y agoTrivia: actually "NS" stands for "NeXT & Sun". Old NeXT classes had an NX* prefix. (There are still a few of those lingering in Cocoa.) The NS prefix was adopted as part of the NextStep -> OpenStep transition around 1993, when Sun was planning to use OpenStep as their main desktop environment. That never happened because soon Sun got Java religion and dumped OpenStep.
- Synaesthesia 16y agoI didn't know that. In fact everywhere I have read, it is assumed that NS stands for NeXTStep. Thanks!
- rahoulb 16y agoI didnt know that either! Cheers