Adobe and Mozilla Foundation to Open Source Flash Player Scripting Engine

[Jan Claeys]

Op dinsdag 07-11-2006 om 14:56 uur [tijdzone -0600], schreef Conrad
Knauer:
> Quoting the penguin.swf blog:
[snip]

I think this quote from a previous article on the same blog is even more
interesting:

        64-bit support is not just a recompile away. And no, this is not
        due to treating memory pointers and 32-bit integers
        interchangeably. There are assorted non-portable pieces that
        need to be upgraded first, notably the JIT compiler in the
        virtual machine (transforms ActionScript into native x86_64
        code) and the garbage collection engine.

So, currently, this will only work on 32-bit systems, but OTOH now
people can help to speed up the 64-bit Flash development.  IOW, this
could be a win for both Adobe (getting ready in time for the 64-bit
revolution) and the open source world (getting better flash support
_and_ faster scripting in e.g. browsers).


-- 
Jan Claeys