← Back to context Comment by bobthepanda 15 hours ago I imagine it may have been attractive to those who liked Flash. 3 comments bobthepanda Reply pbhjpbhj 5 hours ago I think it may have been the other way (ie attractive to those who didn't like flash) - SVG was seen as a potential flash replacement? oldsecondhand 11 hours ago OG actionscript was very similar to Javascript. It only started to diverge when type hints were introduced. gsnedders 9 hours ago AS2 was mostly following the direction of ES4 — so it wouldn’t have diverged if it hadn’t been abandoned.
pbhjpbhj 5 hours ago I think it may have been the other way (ie attractive to those who didn't like flash) - SVG was seen as a potential flash replacement?
oldsecondhand 11 hours ago OG actionscript was very similar to Javascript. It only started to diverge when type hints were introduced. gsnedders 9 hours ago AS2 was mostly following the direction of ES4 — so it wouldn’t have diverged if it hadn’t been abandoned.
gsnedders 9 hours ago AS2 was mostly following the direction of ES4 — so it wouldn’t have diverged if it hadn’t been abandoned.
I think it may have been the other way (ie attractive to those who didn't like flash) - SVG was seen as a potential flash replacement?
OG actionscript was very similar to Javascript. It only started to diverge when type hints were introduced.
AS2 was mostly following the direction of ES4 — so it wouldn’t have diverged if it hadn’t been abandoned.