Hi Till, Yes I am aware that the Adobe is open sourcing the mxmlc compiler. Personally I don't see what is taking them so long but hey maybe that's just me. As you mentioned I do have an interest in enhancing the AS3 language and it is true that a lot of it can be done through the compiler like Thomas mentioned but there are some core things that cannot like native Arrays something that Flash has never really supported and I hate to sound like a broken record but that really gets my goat. Arrays are fundamental to fast performing languages why Adobe refuses to include "real" Arrays just numbs the mind.
Cheers, Sam On Sep 11, 2007, at 6:41 AM, Till Schneidereit wrote: > Hi Sam, > > are you aware of the fact that the AS3 compiler is in the process of > being opened up? > I'm all for experimenting with/bringing to market/open sourcing > toolchains that can create abc bytecode or complete swf's from other > languages, but if your goal is to enhance AS3, you should maybe wait > for mxmlc to be released: > http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex:Open_Source > > And as Robin noted, there already are compilers for other languages > like C# and Haxe. > Also note that the collaboration between Adobe and the Mozilla > Foundation looks pretty interesting: > http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2007/07/ > new_projects.html > > > cheers, > till > > > On 9/11/07, Samuel Agesilas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Another gripe I have is with the developer tools that we get from >> Adobe. Being a long time GCC and javac user when I have to use mxmlc, >> I feel like pulling my hair out. Fcsh, is a perfect example of a tool >> that shows promise but is really crappy to use and since we don't >> have access to the source code for fcsh the flash community can't fix >> any of the numerous problems it has. So we have to wait until Adobe >> decides to fix the problem ( assuming they acknowledge a problem >> exists! ). Making an open source compiler and tools allow us ( the >> community ), to deal with these issues in the way we see fit. >> >> my two ( or rather three ) cents >> Sam > > _______________________________________________ > 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
