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Re:Flex: The Unix Geek's Ideal Flash Environment by fuzzythinker on Thursday September 18, 2008 @06:18PM (#308654)
Ha, is this guy a joke?

AS elegant? I think it's the ugliest language next to java.

AS has deep roots in Scheme!??

Also, I know you can use javascript for Flex, but can you create a swf using javascript?

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Re:Flex: The Unix Geek's Ideal Flash Environment by apgwoz on Friday September 19, 2008 @12:01AM (#308917)
I believe the original author of JavaScript went to Netscape with the promise of doing "scheme" for the browser. It didn't happen, but he included some ideas from scheme as part of it.

See http://Weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/2008/04/popu... for a brief history.

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