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Next's APIs were also ported to run on top of Windows NT and Sun's Solaris. In addition, the entire NextStep OS ran bare metal on several CPU architectures. >
by GeekyBear 2y ago
Next's APIs were also ported to run on top of Windows NT and Sun's Solaris.
In addition, the entire NextStep OS ran bare metal on several CPU architectures.
> originally ran only on NeXT's Motorola 68k-based workstations and that was then ported to run on 32-bit Intel x86-based "IBM-compatible" personal computers, PA-RISC-based workstations from Hewlett-Packard, and SPARC-based workstations from Sun Microsystems.
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStep https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStep
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- pjmlp 2y agoIt were those ports to Sun's Solaris, that influenced Java's design and later on Java EE as well.