On Nov 27, 2015 7:11 AM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > > On 11/27/15, 2:36 AM, "Deepak MS" <megharajdee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >http://www.greg-mcleod.com/index.php/introducing-as3js/ > > > >http://as3js.org/ > > > >Not sure if any of you have already come across that. Can this be > >leveraged > >for FlexJS? Just a thought... > > Interesting, first I've heard of it. From a quick read, we are way ahead > and his summary of FlexJS isn't quite correct: FalconJX will compile any > AS3 to JS and is smart about it. Using regular expressions as he does > obviously works in many cases, but if you are someone who initializes > internal variables from constructor variables of the same name as in: > > class Foo > { > var prop:String; > > function Foo(prop:String) > { > this.prop = prop; > } > } > > then using regular expressions is likely to fail you. > > What do others on the PMC think? Should we craft a formal response on his > blog or have it done by individuals? I'd rather have him join forces with > us, but I don't think we need any of his code except maybe some Node.js > integration. > > A response might read: > > ------ > Hi, > > Just wanted you to be aware that FlexJS also lets you write AS for native > JS without having to use Flash/Flex APIs. And our compiler does have a > true lexer/parser. We agree that AS is a great language for writing JS > and you are welcome to join forces with us at the Apache Software > Foundation. > > The Apache Flex PMC > ------- > > Thoughts? > -Alex >
-1 I dont think we should dignify this attempt at spreading FUD. I am not sure if we should 'join forces' with someone like this. Thanks, Om
