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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by sudhirj on Monday July 23, 2018 @03:56AM (#17591198)
This is why everything in the Mac and iOS SDK is prefixed with NS - think it stands for NeXT Step?
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by Cthulhu_ on Monday July 23, 2018 @04:36AM (#17591368)
Yes, that's exactly what it stands for - see e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/473758/what-does-the-ns-....
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by saagarjha on Monday July 23, 2018 @04:32AM (#17591353)
Could also be NeXT/SUN–but there's clearly a NeXT in there either way.
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by mmjaa on Monday July 23, 2018 @04:51AM (#17591420)
You are correct - the NS* stands for "Next/Sun" ...
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by Bahamut on Monday July 23, 2018 @07:10AM (#17591879)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15977053
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by saagarjha on Monday July 23, 2018 @05:48AM (#17591620)
Does anyone have a counterpoint to this? I've heard both, so I'm curious if any one is "more correct".
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Re:What was it like to be a software engineer at NeXT? by mmjaa on Monday July 23, 2018 @06:21AM (#17591729)
I've heard both too, but I've seen docs that refer to the "NextSTEP/Sun" namespace .. somewhere buried deep in the Apple docs .. but I can't find it now. Either way, both "NextSTEP" and "NextSTEP/SUN" have been used to answer this question in the past, so I'd say both are correct .. especially since Sun left the project early.
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