NeXT was a pioneer in bringing object oriented programming into the industry. Their WebObjects framework, introduced in 1995, (which is apparently still used to power iTunes) was well ahead of it’s time. It has many conceptual similarities to the modern...

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The page (linked below) has a lot of very insightful quotes from people worth listening to. http://quotes.cat-v.org/programming/