Re:Byte Magazine Special Issue: Smalltalk (1984)
by pjmlp on Thursday August 11, 2022 @05:31PM
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The Web would have existed in another form.
Hypertext systems preceded it by decades.
Objective-C has great as it might have been, didn't brought much to the table to those used to the Windows or Mac IDEs for GUI development.
The Next vs Sun marketing video wouldn't have been the same when placed against HyperCard, Visual Basic, Delphi or C++ Builder.
NeXT was almost bankrupt when they were pivoting into OpenStep, and not only was Java born out of Objective-C influences at Sun during the OpenStep days, Java EE was born from the ashes of an Objective-C framework for distributed computing at Sun.
Hypertext systems preceded it by decades.
Objective-C has great as it might have been, didn't brought much to the table to those used to the Windows or Mac IDEs for GUI development.
The Next vs Sun marketing video wouldn't have been the same when placed against HyperCard, Visual Basic, Delphi or C++ Builder.
NeXT was almost bankrupt when they were pivoting into OpenStep, and not only was Java born out of Objective-C influences at Sun during the OpenStep days, Java EE was born from the ashes of an Objective-C framework for distributed computing at Sun.