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Steve Jobs, NeXTSTEP, and early object-oriented programming (2016)

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107 points wmlive | 1 comments | 12 Nov 24 01:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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nineteen999 ◴[13 Nov 24 21:36 UTC] No.42130263[source]▶
Why do the words "Steve Jobs" and "programming" in the same sentence very slightly rub me the wrong way. Probably because one thing he wasn't, amongst all the superhuman things attributed to him by Apple zealots, is a programmer.
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area51org ◴[13 Nov 24 23:31 UTC] No.42131395[source]▶
He actually did know how to code. He and Woz created the classic video game Breakout while working at Atari. (I have no doubt Woz did most of the heavy lifting.) It's not that he didn't know how to program, it's just that coding was not his strong suit.
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1. J05ephu5M13r ◴[14 Nov 24 08:55 UTC] No.42134312[source]▶
> He actually did know how to code. He and Woz created the classic video game Breakout while working at Atari. (I have no doubt Woz did most of the heavy lifting.

And Jobs kept most of the money ($4,750), gave Woz $350 and went off to India to achieve enlightenment.