Funny i had the same idea today. The language itself seems to have some nice extra's too type inference enums etc. see http://ncannasse.fr/blog/haxe_comparison_chart
But i think flex should go/remain enterprise. And for me enterprise also means solid tools. For actionscript there is just much more at the moment than for Haxe. For example premium language support in editors like IntelliJ, Eclipse (FlashBuilder). Also we have eclipse plugins like FlexPMD, FlexFormatter, Sourcemate and ClearToolkit to name a few. Even Sonar has a good working flex plugin. But i somehow still like the idea as other stuff is indeed woking like the multiple platform output. Also having super smart people onboard like Nicolas Cannasse would certainly be cool. - Arnoud On Jan 12, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Tink wrote: > On 10 Jan 2012, at 09:21, Raju Bitter wrote: > >> How does the evolution of ActionScript relate to Apache Flex? If the >> ActionScript standard would change - and the language would be >> extended or modified - who would be making that decision? Is there an >> "official standard" of the language available to the public, and what >> are Adobe's plans for ActionScript? >> >> Adobe has a trademark on ActionScript. The Mozilla Tamarin page says: >> "ActionScript™ is the name used for Adobe's implementation of the >> language specification.Adobe is in the process of developing a >> licensing program that will allow developers, whose code passes a >> designated test suite, to say that their application or implementation >> is ActionScript-compliant. >> http://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/tamarin/ >> >> I know that the Tamarin project has not been continued, but is the >> information on this page regarding ActionScript still valid? >> If that is still valid, it means that an open source implementation of >> an ActionScript would have to be licensed by Adobe to be compliant. >> ActionScript itself doesn't seem to have a license attached to it (I >> could not find any information), but maybe the information is hidden >> somewhere. >> >> It would be good to have some clarification on the status of >> ActionScript, the trademark, the licensing of an open source >> implementation, etc. >> >> - Raju > > > This could be a crazy idea, but how about us moving to Haxe? This has an > active OS community, compiles to multiple platforms already meaning that Flex > wouldn't be dependent on Adobe anymore. > > Tink Met vriendelijke groet, Arnoud Bos Artim interactive E arn...@artim-interactive.nl W www.artim-interactive.nl T +31 6 246 40 216 A Elisabeth Wolffstraat 77-3 1053TT Amsterdam
