Once again, Gordon takes the cake for the best clear and concise explanation of a topic. I have read at least 20 descriptions of this stuff today and this is the first one that has made complete sense. (The others ranged from 'almost getting it' to 'no clue what the hell that means'.) Thanks Gordon!
Ben --- In [email protected], "Gordon Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a major contribution from Adobe to the open-source community, > but let me try to clarify what it is and what is isn't. The code being > open-sourced is for the core AS3 language, not for anything specific to > Flash. The contributed engine is able to execute a program that uses > core classes of the language like Array, Date, RegExp, and XML. It is > not be able to execute a program that use Flash-specific classes like > Sprite, TextField, SharedObject, or URLLoader. In particular it supports > no Flash graphics. > > Mozilla will use this engine by adding browser-DOM classes such as > Window, Document, Form, Anchor, etc., which are the "domain objects" > that a browser manipulates, in the same way that Flash uses this engine > by adding classes for its domain objects such as Sprites. Once this is > done, webapp developers will be able to use AS3/ES4 as a fast, > type-checked, object-oriented "JavaScript" if they want to. > > So this has nothing to do with putting Flash into Firefox. Firefox users > will still require the Flash plugin to run SWFs. But contributing a > high-performance virtual machine for a type-checked, object-oriented > language is still a big deal! > > - Gordon > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of jrunrandy > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Tamarin, Adobe open source the Flash player ? > > > > Here is my understanding: > > Adobe is not open sourcing the Flash Player. Adobe *is* contributing > source code for the ActionScript Virtual Machine, the scripting > language engine component within Flash Player. ActionScript 3.0 runs > on the Tamarin virtual machine in Flash Player 9. > > I'm sure there are others who can clarify this further. > > Randy Nielsen > Flex Documentation Manager > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
