On 11/21/12 12:53 PM, "Kevin Newman" <capta...@unfocus.com> wrote:
> But if we are to change languages, why not go with a language that,
> looks a lot like AS3 (and ports easy), addresses the language
> scalability issues of JavaScript (lack of classes, typing, a compiler,
> etc.), and can compile to JS as well as other languages? Haxe can be
> compiled into JS, ABC/SWF, C++, C#, etc.
My angle for now is not to change languages. We can write in AS3 and
cross-compile to JS and maybe other languages. Apache Flex effectively owns
AS3 because it owns a compiler for it.
> Why NOT use Haxe?
-Haxe is not in Apache.
-There are lots of existing AS3 code libraries I think we should try to
leverage.
-I know how AS3 behaves on Flash.
But again, none of these, even in aggregate, are strong enough reasons to
a-priori say that some other group of folks shouldn't pursue a rewrite on
Haxe.
--
Alex Harui
Flex SDK Team
Adobe Systems, Inc.
http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
