On: The Death of Cocoa

[johnny_reilly]

I clicked on this link thinking "yeah, hot chocolate has kind of vanquished cocoa hasn't it?" Very disappointing to discover this had nothing to do with chocolatey drinks.

[dottrap → johnny_reilly]

Cocoa was named partly as a pun of Java. Remember when NeXTStep was folded into Apple, Java was getting a lot of attention.

[Alphasite_ → dottrap]

Cocoa was Java compatible, as a first class target.

[imron → johnny_reilly]

Not sure why you're getting downvotes. Even as someone who develops with Cocoa, the chocolately drink was my first thought too.