Hi,

> I've said it before it is a really great idea to write Flex in a language
> that can be compiled to other platforms. Haxe is a great language that
> lives to its promise.
I only know a little about Haxe. Could you comment on what would be required 
(in terms of skills and effort) to port Flex to Haxe? I know it's ActionScript 
like but is missing a few features that Flex may be using? Other than compiling 
to multiple targets does it have any other significant advantages? Any idea if 
there are likely to be major performance issues due to the fact that Flex is 
reasonably complex and designed for the Flash VM?

> Going with Actionscript now would be a problem as it
> won't be long until the next Actionscript will come out and then Flex 5
> would have to be written again.
Currently I see no compelling reason to move to the new VM when it comes out. 
Once we know more about it that may change but it sounds like it wont be 
compatible with AS3. The existing one for the moment works and is likely to be 
around for many many years.

> I wonder how large the next Flash player would be in terms of file size. 
Bigger but not significantly so I would guess (1.5x current size at most?). 
Again don't really see this as an issue for not using it.

Thanks,
Justin

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