← Back to context Comment by bobthepanda 17 hours ago I imagine it may have been attractive to those who liked Flash. 3 comments bobthepanda Reply pbhjpbhj 6 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 12 hours ago OG actionscript was very similar to Javascript. It only started to diverge when type hints were introduced. gsnedders 10 hours ago AS2 was mostly following the direction of ES4 — so it wouldn’t have diverged if it hadn’t been abandoned.
pbhjpbhj 6 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 12 hours ago OG actionscript was very similar to Javascript. It only started to diverge when type hints were introduced. gsnedders 10 hours ago AS2 was mostly following the direction of ES4 — so it wouldn’t have diverged if it hadn’t been abandoned.
gsnedders 10 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.