My messages tend to show up very slowly, so this may be answered by the time it appears, but the AVM2 doesn't need to understand all the bytecodes (or rather all the tags) of Flash. It only understands the AVM2 format, which is one tag within the Flash format. It's a really big tag, of course, but the code won't be able to understand FlashType tags, etc, by itself- it does this through an interface with the rest of the Player code. -Brian
-----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Chiverton Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:50 AM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Tamarin, Adobe open source the Flash player ? On Tuesday 07 November 2006 11:11, Ian Thomas wrote: > It basically looks like Adobe are providing the source of the AVM2 > bytecode interpreter/runtime engine to Mozilla so that Mozilla can use > it as the execution engine for their ECMAscript/Javascript engine > (SpiderMonkey). AVM2 is the bytecode format that Flash Player 9 runs, isn't it ? By definition the JIT compiler they released will have to understand all the bytecodes for all the bits of Flash (not just the ECMAScript core), no ? > Doesn't look like open sourcing the Flash player, I'm afraid tho'. > :-) I'm still trying to understand what's going on :-) -- Tom Chiverton Helping to continually implement intuitive models **************************************************** This email is sent for and on behalf of Halliwells LLP. Halliwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under registered number OC307980 whose registered office address is at St James's Court Brown Street Manchester M2 2JF. A list of members is available for inspection at the registered office. Any reference to a partner in relation to Halliwells LLP means a member of Halliwells LLP. Regulated by the Law Society. CONFIDENTIALITY This email is intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in nor copy it nor inform any person other than Halliwells LLP or the addressee of its existence or contents. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify Halliwells LLP IT Department on 0870 365 8008. For more information about Halliwells LLP visit www.halliwells.com. -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
