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points by hnfong 2 days ago | 0 comments
> Microsoft has historically been one of the leaders on the wrong side of this one

Objective-C ahem nil messaging...

[–] sscaryterry 2 days ago
Objective-C is an Apple thingie :)
[–] hnfong 2 days ago
Yes and thus I dispute that Microsoft leads on this front :P
[–] usefulcat 2 days ago
By way of NeXTSTEP
[–] SoftTalker 2 days ago
NeXT certainly used it extensively but they didn't invent it. Originally developed by Brad Cox and Tom Love in the early 1980s, per !w.