So next FP will have current VM and new VM? Is AIR also going to ship with these 2 VMs? And what does this mean for AIR apps compiled to native code.
- superabe On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Gordon Smith <gosm...@adobe.com> wrote: > The new VM Adobe is developing is for both Flash Player and AIR. > > - Gordon > > -----Original Message----- > From: sébastien Paturel [mailto:sebpatu.f...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 5:10 AM > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: ASC 2.0 and Falcon > > Hi Thibault, > Does this VM change will also be applied to next AIR runtime? > > Le 19/10/2012 01:31, Thibault Imbert a écrit : > > Hi Mike, > > > > Just to clarify. I am not saying Flex developers should bet on > > Feathers/Starling to be the next Flex. > > > > I was just giving examples of how a very lightweight Flex could work > > on this new runtime. > > > > Thibault Imbert | sr. product manager gaming (Graphics, Language, VM, > > Compiler) | Monocle | adobe systems > > gaming.adobe.com <http://gaming.adobe.com/> | bytearray.org > > <http://bytearray.org/> | @thibault_imbert > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/18/12 3:38 PM, "labri...@digitalprimates.net" > > <labri...@digitalprimates.net> wrote: > > > >>> Just a heads up, given the architecture changes of the next-gen > >>> runtime, Flex will not be able to run in it. I would "highly" > >>> recommend you guys having a look at Feathers (work from Josh > >>> >Tynjala - feathersui.com) on top of Starling, which will run > beautifully in our next runtime. > >> Before this goes much farther, please keep in mind that Flex will run > >> in the current AVM, that isn't changing. > >> > >> It won't run in the new AVM, which is primarily for gaming. While I > >> am sure the new VM is just the best thing, anywhere, ever, I am a > >> little worried that it won't immediately (or ever) support all of the > >> features relevant to Flex applications (which usually aren't games). > >> As an example, the internationalization APIs in the Flash VM were > >> never finished, I can't imagine their port and expansion is a high > priority. > >> > >> This is Apache and everyone is free to spend their cycles where they > >> see fit. To me though, I wouldn't "highly" recommend trying to reach > >> this new future-target. If Adobe plans on honoring their promises, > >> Flash Player will continue to run Flex apps for at least the next 4 > >> years. If the new VM is so universally lauded, that it becomes the > >> choice for large-scale applications within companies using Flex > >> world-wide, then I will re-evaluate. > >> > >> In the meantime, if we are talking about porting or rewriting Flex, I > >> have a few other places that seem more relevant today. > >> > >> My $1.50, > >> Mike > >> > >
