Re: FLASH: Matt Wobensmith: re Flash 5 ActionScript

[Nathan Dicken]

... and thanks Damien for asking these questions  :)


Nathan


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Nathan Dicken

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>Does Flash 5 Javascript, when saving as Flash 5, compile to the the same

>'byte codes' as Flash 4 actionscript does? If not...

>

>Can we expect that this new scripting language will be significantly faster

>than the currect scripting language? For example, I determined that the

>Flash 4 actionscript engine does linear searches for variable lookups - In

>what areas will we see performance increases in Flash 5 scripting.

>

>Considering rendering performance, has the new Flash 5 player been improved

>over the Flash 4 player - i.e. Flash 4 didnt seem to be very smart about

>clipping regions. As technically and specifically as possible, could you

>give us a summary of the kinds of rendering improvements engineered into the

>new player.

>

>Is Macromedia using a third party javascript engine, or one of its own

>making? If third party, which engine is it using?

>

>When exporting a Flash 5 movie as Flash 4, could you give us some further

>details on the internals of the conversion of the trig stuff into

>actionscript.



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