jetako

You should consider that other people have different tastes from your own. Get off your high horse.

Can anyone chime in on the app store review procedure? Is each app assigned an individual review monkey, or is it passed through multiple hands? Methinks Apple needs better screening and performance evaluation of their app store employees. All it takes is a few jackasses in the mix for this to happen. Their rejection policy clearly leaves certain things open for interpretation.

I think the article is aimed at the vocal detractors of technologies they have never touched, not those who reject something based on others' sound analysis. Just make sure your opinion sources have gotten their hands dirty.

Gotta differ with you on the OO point. There are quite a few fundamental differences, both in terms of low-level implementation and common usage. AS3 has true class-based object definition, packages and namespaces, for example. AS2's class support is merely an obfuscation of its underlying prototype system, whereas AS3 features real class objects, and prototypes exist only as an alternative inheritance mechanism.

I'm curious what it is about AS3 OO that you perceive as bolted on. Seems pretty well rooted to me. Btw apologies for my brash tone before, that was a bit dickish.

I admit to only reading part of the article, but it seems like the author just wants a media scripting language, not a "programming" language, which AS3 has become. The sandboxing and unloading are legitimate issues, but have nothing to do with the language.

I wouldn't necessarily be against a wholly different language for use in the timeline, as I prefer not to put code there anyway, assuming I have to use those ugly Movieclips at all. I could see something terse and elegant, eschewing the AS2 prototype nastiness, being useful for animators and light programmers alike. I think the biggest barrier for most is the new event model. Adding listeners is a bit verbose for those used to simply overriding an on() method.

Amazing. AS3 is messier than javascript? Are you huffing ether? Absolutely none of the OO features are "bolted-on". You must be talking about AS2, for which this would be a legitimate argument. BTW, AS3 is a well-conformed implementation of the ECMA4 standard, which is, wait for it, the javascript 2 spec! Welcome to the present.

Why oh why?

Been lurking here for awhile, but this article compelled me to finally register. It's the best introductory article I've ever read for any language. The XML analogy instantly illuminated the basic Lisp ideology for me, and it's a great example of how seemingly obscure language concepts can make immediate sense when presented in a familiar way.