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Posted by SpaceGirl on 10/06/07 22:09
Ben C wrote:
> If I understood SpaceGirl it's a superset of ECMA-262 (which _is_
> JavaScript) with some new bits bolted on recently that look a bit like
> Java.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActionScript:
>
> With ActionScript 2.0, developers could constrain variables to a
> specific type by adding a type annotation so that type mismatch
> errors could be found at compile-time. ActionScript 2.0 also
> introduced class-based inheritance syntax so that developers could
> create classes and interfaces, much as they would in class-based
> languages such as Java and C++. This version conformed partially to
> the ECMAScript Fourth Edition draft specification.
AS2 has been superseded. AS3 is a very strict/typed language, properly
structured and consistent. It feels a lot more like Java than JavaScript
(especially when when using classes, and the way you use objects).
> C++ is quite a bit different: it's a machine-oriented language with
> mostly value semantics and manual storage management.
To an extent AS3 is like this, although you are abstracted from memory
management and direct hardware calls - you can only work within the API
that AVM2 (the Flash Virtual Machine, inside Flash Player 9) so you are
restricted in that respect.
On the other hand... I'm not a programmer. I know AS3 and AS2 fairly
well because I want to create environments that cannot be achieved
through PhotoShop and Illustrator alone... I hate programming! But I
really like the logic layout of AS3. I know a couple of other languages
(ASP classic, a little PHP, a little Java) and AS3 is almost perfect for
me! It's focused on creating user experiences, and lacks the bloat of
Java. It's fast and small and fairly easy to learn, and works the same
(mostly) on all platforms.
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