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Minor correction: I wouldn’t call Newton an “internally popular product”. At least, working on Newton I didn’t feel that way. And just before SJ came back, Appl
by wrs 5y ago
Minor correction: I wouldn’t call Newton an “internally popular product”. At least, working on Newton I didn’t feel that way. And just before SJ came back, Apple had spun Newton out into a separate company because it wasn’t really fitting in. SJ spun it back in and killed it.
- eternalban 5y agoWould love to learn more about Newton - history and/or tech. Any resources on the web or anything interesting you may want to share?
- pjmlp 5y agoCheck the Dylan thread, which was supposed to be the systems language for Newton OS, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15106802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15106802 Or just reach out for the Newton documentation, scattered about some sites, https://newtonfaq.com/ https://newtonfaq.com/ http://newtonscript.org/ http://newtonscript.org/ https://www.newted.org/manuals/ https://www.newted.org/manuals/
- eternalban 5y agogreat hn thread, thanks.
- Ryder123 5y agoThanks for the correction - I’d entirely forgotten that Newton got spun off!