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   Brion Vibber :blobcatcoffee:​ (brion@bikeshed.vibber.net)'s status on Monday, 28-Aug-2023 04:03:56 JST Brion Vibber :blobcatcoffee:​

   I remember hacking on a patch for some weird bit of the Mac OS X platform code in Mozilla early on

   and really not liking that the "NS" prefix was used for both "NeXTStep" Obj-C types and "Netscape" C++ types :D

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     eukara :steampowered: (eukara@idtech.space)'s status on Monday, 28-Aug-2023 04:24:10 JST eukara :steampowered:

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     @brion Something that’s kinda obscure at this point is that the NS prefix stands for NeXT/Sun. NEXTSTEP native APIs were all prefixed NX - and then along came OpenStep which was their cooperation with Sun in creating an object standard. I don’t think many Obj-C developers on the Mac/iOS ever thought about Sun, but that’s what the S was meant to stand for :next:

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