Adobe designed AS4 to be the language for a new Flash runtime ("V12") that it
was working on but dropped. (I was working on the AS4 compiler then.) Not all
features of AS4 can be implemented -- at least not easily and efficiently -- on
the existing Flash runtime. However, some features can be.
Alex, I suggest that you try to arrange for the donation of the incomplete AS4
compiler to Apache for cherry-picking.
- Gordon
-----Original Message-----
From: Kessler CTR Mark J [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 10:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: ActionScript 4? What the hell?
Well using the assumption that AS 4 would be an improvement in some area's
from AS3 even if it was an incomplete work. While I haven't looked at it yet,
I would be interested in just seeing the differences and bring over small
pieces that could be an improvement for us. Assuming it wasn't in the same
direction as ASC 2 which started getting rid of things we use.
-Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Harui [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: ActionScript 4? What the hell?
I'm not sure what the rules are. The language reference is under Apache
license. The specifications are under CC-NC which is not good. I suppose
I could try to get that changed.
But first, come up with something you do want to cherry pick that doesn't
require implementation in the runtime.
-Alex
On 1/22/14 8:39 AM, "Kessler CTR Mark J" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Since this is hosted publicly but not donated, I assume we cannot cherry
>pick any good changes from as4...
>
>-Mark
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bkelley [mailto:[email protected]]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 11:15 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: ActionScript 4? What the hell?
>
>DarkStone wrote
>> I believe Adobe said in the flash runtime roadmap that AS4 was dropped:
>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplatform/whitepapers/roadmap.html
>>
>> Now they reopen AS4 on GitHub, what does it mean?
>
>From the read me on the github project: "Adobe is publishing the
>ActionScript 4 specifications in the hope that they may be useful to the
>programming language and managed runtime communities. The specifications
>are
>as they existed when the project with which they were associated was
>discontinued and therefore may be considered incomplete. Source code for
>the
>compiler and runtime is not available. Adobe has no plans to resume
>development of ActionScript 4."
>
>Looks like it is just for reference only, Adobe has no plans to continue
>development, unfortunately. :-(
>
>
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