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They mention macOS as "one platform with consistent APIs and behavior". But macOS (or NeXTStep, as it started out as), an actual UNIX system (certified!), chose
by throwabayhay 1y ago
They mention macOS as "one platform with consistent APIs and behavior". But macOS (or NeXTStep, as it started out as), an actual UNIX system (certified!), chose not to use X11 to achieve that, but to entirely roll their own.
- wmf 1y agoThe point is that Quartz Compositor is mandatory on macOS. There aren't different incompatible APIs.