+1 for multiple inheritance. +1 for java/C++ bridge. I would love to be able to import a jar or an .so or a .lib into a project and instantiate the classes inside it... (ie: pdf generators, xml parsers, all kinds of useful stuff that already exists and could make AS apps truly shine!)
> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 22:00:06 +0800 > Subject: Actionscript 4 compatibility > From: yanlile...@gmail.com > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Andreas has blog a wishlist for AS4 > http://www.doomsday.no/esn/2012/05/actionscript-wishlist/ > > While I come to think if I have a great idea, why not implement "Functional > programming" along with imperative language > similar to Scala? > > In fact, I've been wishing that Adobe could overhaul their AS4 syntax to > adopt half of Scala style to produce cleaner code, > reduce boilerplate and to become a better programmer, in turn, we can > acquire the Scala knowledge easily and leverage > enormous power with existing Java libraries.