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Archive for August 15th, 2008

Should Adobe follow the new ECMAScript 3.1 standard?

Posted by Nate Chatellier on August 15th, 2008

For background, read:

Standards, ECMAScript and representing the past
ActionScript 3 and ECMAScript 4
Ru Roh! Adobe Screwed By EcmaScript Standards Agreement
How will ECMAScript “Harmony” affect ActionScript 3?

Keith Peters just posed a good question, Why Standards?. On the one hand, standards are undeniably good, assuming that the point of a “standard” is that many adhere to it. It’s [...]