For the same reason tree structures are upside down, with their roots at the top. ActionScript is from the Bizzaro world.
--- In [email protected], "gwangdesign" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am just wondering why, in ActionScript, the subject of an event is > called a "target"? Is it kind of counter intuitive? In Java, it is > called "source", which sounds much more understandable to me. > > Thanks. >
