Re:NeXTstep Manual, Systems Programming with Objective-C and...
by protomyth on Sunday June 05, 2016 @03:39PM
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Interestingly, I was just in my storage garage moving stuff and have the full NeXTSTEP 3.3 manual set with discs from 3.3 and 4.x in a plastic box. It weighs a ton.
It is still my favorite platform both from a programming and user point of view. I miss the menu system and still curse the Mac toolbar (particularly on my 34" 21:9 monitor). It was a joy to program and the amazing framework were a revelation compared to Win32 and its follow-ons. It is amazing what something designed for Smalltalk-like message passing and a runtime can get you. Windows 95 and NT were pains in the butt to program in C++ while VB at least was closer to NeXTSTEP in productivity. I generally prototyped my interfaces in Interface Builder and then redid them in VB if needed. Its sad how much was lost on the way to OS X.
It is still my favorite platform both from a programming and user point of view. I miss the menu system and still curse the Mac toolbar (particularly on my 34" 21:9 monitor). It was a joy to program and the amazing framework were a revelation compared to Win32 and its follow-ons. It is amazing what something designed for Smalltalk-like message passing and a runtime can get you. Windows 95 and NT were pains in the butt to program in C++ while VB at least was closer to NeXTSTEP in productivity. I generally prototyped my interfaces in Interface Builder and then redid them in VB if needed. Its sad how much was lost on the way to OS X.