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From: "Michael A. Labriola" <labriola@digitalprimates.net>
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Subject: RE: ASC 2.0 and Falcon
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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:38:07 +0000
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>Just a heads up, given the architecture changes of the next-gen runtime, F=
lex will not be able to run in it. I would "highly" recommend you guys havi=
ng a look at Feathers (work from Josh >Tynjala - feathersui.com) on top of =
Starling, which will run beautifully in our next runtime.

Before this goes much farther, please keep in mind that Flex will run in th=
e current AVM, that isn't changing.=20

It won't run in the new AVM, which is primarily for gaming. While I am sure=
 the new VM is just the best thing, anywhere, ever, I am a little worried t=
hat it won't immediately (or ever) support all of the features relevant to =
Flex applications (which usually aren't games). As an example, the internat=
ionalization APIs in the Flash VM were never finished, I can't imagine thei=
r port and expansion is a high priority.

This is Apache and everyone is free to spend their cycles where they see fi=
t. To me though, I wouldn't "highly" recommend trying to reach this new fut=
ure-target. If Adobe plans on honoring their promises, Flash Player will co=
ntinue to run Flex apps for at least the next 4 years. If the new VM is so =
universally lauded, that it becomes the choice for large-scale applications=
 within companies using Flex world-wide, then I will re-evaluate.=20

In the meantime, if we are talking about porting or rewriting Flex, I have =
a few other places that seem more relevant today.

My $1.50,
Mike