Comment by lysace
9 days ago
It's a javascript-based imitation, much like all of those js-based imitations of various Windows versions.
The original source code isn't really involved, which is a shame, since it is actually available.
IMHO this should have been (something along the lines of) GNUstep + TimBL's original code (mirror: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19249373
A WASM emulator of 68040 and NeXT, the original OS and compiler, then run WWW on top of that.
The performance would likely be comparable %)
The performance would likely be much better. :-)
An example from a year later; 1990:
https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=windows30
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TimBL's original NeXT is still on display at CERN, I've seen it.
I've even stood in the office that was his when he wrote it (it was empty when I was there, but had recently been in use by some incredibly high-end physicist).
You can already run nextstep in browser, see https://aresluna.org/frame-of-preference/ (section "Back to 1992")