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Re:Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge by Zelphyr on Friday November 22, 2013 @03:38PM (#6783554)
It wasn't the top comment. 1 point. You just got lucky.

And I wasn't criticizing. At least that wasn't my intention. Though now I'm amused that you lament HN turning into a criticism machine by criticizing my inadvertent criticism ;)

I was just trying to understand what the author meant by "to surface" an object. Still wondering...

Re:Apple’s iOS7 Native JavaScript Bridge by bicknellr on Saturday November 23, 2013 @10:14PM (#6788535)
To 'surface' something (in this context) means something like "to expose", or "to bring to attention". It's related to the more literal meaning of the verb, which is roughly "to come up to the surface of the water (or other medium)", as in "the submarine surfaced after a week long dive". He's just using it to describe exposing objects and functions in Objective-C to the JavaScript context.