> It's unfortunate to hear this. Is this because you are thinking that too > much of the syntax would need to change? Or is it more because you would > need compatability with other flash libraries to make it worthwhile to do? > Or something else? > > Based on what Nicolas has been doing so far, changes wouldn't be frivolous > and largely for the better, but I understand that often the reliability of > compatability is the major driving force for a library. I'm just asking so > that I understand if that's what it is.
i planned to start developing DENG2 end of this year. this would have been no problem, i can start developing with macromedias tools today, and later, when MTASC for AS3 would have been available, switch, as we did with DENG1 (first Flash MX, then Kinetic Fusion). now i have to wait until MTASC for [xxx] becomes available *and* becomes mature enough for it's bytecode to run seamlessly on the 8.5 player. i can't forsee when this will be the case. in any case, i have to wait, because i won't rewrite DENG a third time. the problem is that i don't know how much longer i can wait, because then i may focus on something else i spend my free time on. i also can't rely on the MMC alone, because my contributors (who are not "flashers") are never going to buy it. i need an open source compiler. i can't tell my contributors to buy a compiler to compile code they gracefully contribute, and DENG contributors are hard enough to find. unless i find some angel investment, or unless macromedia releases their compiler for free (unlikely), there is not much of a chance i start porting DENG using macromedia tools alone (this would probably become a one-man-show then, as in the flash developer world DENG is of not much interest). i lost a lot of money developing DENG1 already (2 years fulltime), and this definately won't happen again. summarizing, there is a small chance i'm going to do it, but only a very small one, depending on what happens in the future, which i'm unable to forsee at this point.. cheers, claus. _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
