Well, I think that while it's a good idea in theory it would definitely confine MTASC to an underground phenomenon. I don't see any of the large houses using MTASC if its syntax is incompatible with MM. People will be afraid of lock-in because the code won't be able to run on anything else. Asking people to port code is a lot to ask, really. I'd be surprised if it flies. Also I think that the development metaphors for ActionScript, Ajax and the server are much too different for a single compiler to be of any use. How would you be able to translate a concept of 'MovieClip' to Ajax? Of innerHtml to Flash? It sounds like a good idea, but I'd think twice about it.
Patrick Mineault www.5etdemi.com/blog www.amfphp.org Nicolas Cannasse wrote: >I don't agree with this. > >Right know with AS2 you can choose your compiler : MTASC or MMC. > >With NextGen languages, you can port your code to AS3 and go back closed >source or port your code to "MTASC2" (which will *not* be the name of the >tool) which will guarantee you an open source compiler. You'll have to make >a choice, but you still have choice :) > >As I told already, having to choose between the compiler only is not very >interesting apart from saving the license price if the compiler does not >provide something really better such as MTASC is doing for AS2. > >Nicolas > > > > >>Ralf, >> >>I don't want to come off sounding like I think the whole thing that >> >> >Nicholas is > > >>going to do is crap, or that it's not innovative, quite the opposite >> >> >really. I > > >>just think that this decision will have an impact on projects like yours, >>ActionStep, ASwing, etc..., and that we as Flash developers will soon have >> >> >less > > >>choices for coding ActionScript. >> >>-Chris >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> >> >Behalf > > >>Of Ralf Bokelberg >>Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:22 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Open Source Flash Mailing List >>Subject: Re: [osflash] MTASC Future >> >>Couldn't you implement DENG on the nextgen MTASC and provide swfs for >>interested users? As far as i understood Nicolas, different swf will be >>able to communicate. >> >>Cheers, >>Ralf >> >>Claus Wahlers wrote: >> >> >> >>>>As announced at OFLA today MTASC will unlikely support ActionScript3. >>>>The reason is quite simple. MTASC supporting AS3 + AVM2 will be very >>>>comparable to Macromedia Compiler provided with FlexBuilder2. And only >>>>having the "opensource" difference is not enough. >>>> >>>> >>>as much as i like innovation, this very most likely means the sudden >>>death of DENG. >>>cheers, >>>claus. >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>osflash mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>osflash mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org >> >>_______________________________________________ >>osflash mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org >> >> >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >osflash mailing list >[email protected] >http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
