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by GabrielTFS 231 days ago
I would guess a significant portion of people using the style (if not most), did so inspired by Windows, though
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It was common across all not UNIX operating systems.

You will find it on MS-DOS, Amiga, OS/2, Mac OS.

It was based on what was common in ALGOL derived languages.

On UNIX you will find it on X Windows, and Motif.

Macintosh toolbox was Pascal first right? Or at least there was an era where it was. And I think this naming convention is kinda a pascal thing.
Yes, Apple is the actual creator of Object Pascal variant, and there was a Pascal based OS using P-Code for Apple II GS.