From: Ryan Mohr Date: 2007-06-22T03:38:14+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby integrated with Flash in place of actionscript Aaron Smith wrote: > Have you heard of Flash 9 and Actionscript 3 yet? AS3 is far superior to > AS1 / AS2 and is so similar to Java I swear I'm writing Java when I > write AS3. Yeah, AS3 is what prompted me to begin my search. Granted it is a large improvement over AS2, I was not as impressed with it as I had hoped to be. Java's great for building reliable desktop apps, but who wants another java for building highly interactive UIs? I sure don't. A terse script-like language with great OO support (such as ruby) seems a much better fit for a dynamic UI like flash. It's the little things in ruby that win me over versus actionscript. Shorter syntax (while still intuitive), better loop constructs with arrays (each_with_index, map, etc.), and better library support (compare actionscript's date and time library with ruby's -- 5.days_ago, you can never get something that sweet in actionscript). Actionscript now even separates null from undefined. Why not just choose one and stick with it to prevent confusion? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.