I'm afraid I feel the same way (but don't let that stop you Nicolas, hehe).
regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Edgar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Open Source Flash Mailing List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [osflash] MTASC Future >I am not meaning to be personally critical of anybody or there intentions > but really, > I think we need another language like we need a hole in the head. > > I have never been one of the monkeys who see, speak and hear no evil about > MM, I prefer to just say what I think so my views are not some MM kiss ass. > > AS3 is not perfect but it really is AS2 done right. > > I can find things wrong with it, but most people would think I am nit > picking if I talked about it. > > It really does represent for the first time a viable API for an RIA > platform. > > They have removed their framework from the API so you aren't sucked in to > that nasty web that is the AS2 component framework. > > Everything has an interface and I only need implement those interfaces and > bingo everything works, anything I want to do I can, anything I want to > replace I can and yet I can still be 100% compatible, this is so big! > > AS3 is not a proprietary language it is EMCAScript, and comparable to > JScript.NET that means an awful lot of people using very similar syntax. MM > do represent a standard like it or not. > > I can see why this might be an interesting project for Nicolas but I can see > no advantage whatsoever to a RIA developer in going off to some proprietary > language that is neither one thing or another. > I mean you might as well use xamalon, write in .NET and produce swfs that > way instead. > > To be honest as much as MTASC appeals to a tiny fraction of the flash > universe I see this new language appealing to a similar proportion of the > current MTASC universe.. i.e. problably less than a dozen people. > > If that's appealing to you fine it's a free world and I have no doubt about > Nicolas's ability to produce it and make it work well ...... but what is the > point? > > Sorry to be negative and this is not at all a personal attack on the > relevant individuals who I think are a bunch of smart and great guys just my > personal opinion on the value of this project. > > I would really love to see their energy go into something that adds to the > community but to be honest I dont see this new language project adds > anything of value. > > Sorry, I accept I am not going to making any new friends with this post but > I don't see a point in just saying "wow, awesome guys" > Rob > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
