I found ActionScript 3 to be one of the best dynamic high-level languages, but since it only works in Flash / Flex / AIR (as far as I know), its use is quite limited.
Are there alternative and / or generic versions of the runtime that will run it on the server or on the desktop without the Flash API? I suppose not, but are there any changes that will happen in the near future? Will they be from Adobe or open source? Is the latter possible with respect to licensing and patents?
Or back to the roots of ECMAScript, are classes and back to ECMAScript (and possibly Javascript) and its implementations like SpiderMonkey / Rhino?
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