SUPER SAIYAN@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · edit-211 hours agoWhy skip the 9? Is 9 the middle child?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down112
arrow-up1127arrow-down1imageWhy skip the 9? Is 9 the middle child?lemmy.worldSUPER SAIYAN@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · edit-211 hours agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoUhm no? The X is a Roman numeral and makes sense as it succeeded classic OS 9. OSX is based on NeXTStep though an Objective-C still carries its prefix with it (all Types are prefixed with NS for example NSString)
minus-squaretenchiken@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoThen why was it referred to as Mac os X 10, Mac os X 10.1, Mac os X 10.5 etc? Dept of redundancy Dept I guess? There are many more examples.
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoBut it wasn’t referred to Mac os X 10.1 etc only as Mac OS 10.1 or their respective codename (cheetah, tiger, …)
Uhm no? The X is a Roman numeral and makes sense as it succeeded classic OS 9. OSX is based on NeXTStep though an Objective-C still carries its prefix with it (all Types are prefixed with NS for example NSString)
Then why was it referred to as Mac os X 10, Mac os X 10.1, Mac os X 10.5 etc?
Dept of redundancy Dept I guess?
There are many more examples.
But it wasn’t referred to Mac os X 10.1 etc only as Mac OS 10.1 or their respective codename (cheetah, tiger, …)