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Related-ish, but Apple's macOS APIs are peppered with references to NeXTSTEP. I find this charming. For example, NSView (spelled out - NextStepView). https://d
by dlivingston 4y ago
Related-ish, but Apple's macOS APIs are peppered with references to NeXTSTEP. I find this charming. For example, NSView (spelled out - NextStepView).
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsview https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsview
- aaronbrethorst 4y agoNeXTStep used "NX" prefixes, and its successor, OpenStep, used the prefix "NS". "NX" stood for "NeXT", "NS" stood for "NeXT and Sun". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15973609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15973609
- dlivingston 4y agoThe comments on your linked post seem to indicate that NS referring to "NeXT & Sun" is highly controversial.
- spfzero 4y agoIIRC the NS prefix was in use long before there were any dealings with Sun. There was software development going on at NeXT before they had the name for the OS ("NeXTStep"). So, NX for NeXT, NS for NeXTStep.