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ActionScript

Object-oriented programming language

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Also known as ActionScript · actionscript · AS · AS3

Developer: Macromedia
Founded: 1998
Latest version: 3.0

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ActionScript is an object-oriented programming language originally developed by Macromedia Inc.. It is influenced by HyperTalk, the scripting language for HyperCard. It is now an implementation of ECMAScript, though it originally arose as a sibling, both being influenced by HyperTalk. ActionScript code is usually converted to bytecode format by a compiler.

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Influenced by: JavaScript
ECMAScript
Java
Designed by: Gary Grossman
Programming paradigm: functional programming
object-oriented programming
prototype-based programming
imperative programming
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011449
Typing discipline: strong typing
static typing
Dialect of computer language: ECMAScript

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