> But I wonder how much of this is based on the old MS vs Apple war - > calculated on the fact there's probably more C++ than > ActionScript developers out there.
I don't really think that's the right comparison, though. AS3 is a lot more like Java and C# than C++ is, actually. The core syntax is very similar across all four of those languages, of course, but the way you approach problems in AS3, Java and C# is different from how you approach them in C++ in many ways - primarily because you don't manage memory directly in the first three, I think. Nowadays, there really aren't that many people working in C++ directly in the enterprise. Java and C# are really the dominant enterprise programming languages now. > Apple has always been both a hardware *and* software giant despite its small > market share, unique. But they seem to be > gambling that on a gambit that they can leverage their present advantage in > mobile market to finally be the king. I don't even think it's really that. Apple doesn't need to be "the king", they just want to have complete control of their niche. If their niche grows a bit in the consumer market, so much the better, but Apple has always been about control over openness. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
