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Mac OS X isn't a rewrite of the classic Mac OS at all — it's based on NeXTSTEP.
– s4y
Commented Oct 1, 2009 at 16:01
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@SidneySM: In a way, it's lineage is irrelevant. When you use OSX, it feels like Mac a lot more than like Unix.
– Telemachus
Commented Oct 1, 2009 at 16:54
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@SidneySM Thanks, you're right. By "rewrite" I meant to convey that it didn't have any code in common with its predecessor, the Mac OS, and not that it was rewritten from the ground up. It obviously didn't come out right. I'll fix it asap.
– user4358
Commented Oct 1, 2009 at 17:01
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@David Thornley We can debate this ad nauseum, but possibly our differences lie in our interpretation of the Unix philosophy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy I happen to think OS X is geared towards usability, and not this (especially the last bit): "Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface."
– user4358
Commented Oct 1, 2009 at 21:47
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If you follow the traditional UNIX philosophy too literally, you can't have a graphical desktop environment.
– hasen
Commented Oct 21, 2009 at 7:14

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