Too much ActionScript -- what happens? 2004-03-01 - By Darron J. Schall
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> I would think that flash is a single threaded player to keep the size of
> the player to a minimal. Even though this would give the programmer a
> lot to work with. Multi-threaded Flash Player would ROCK!!!
It's almost a necessity when using Flash in the "RIA-space" because the
amount of data it has to process.
Why would I make an RIA that freezes for 5 seconds while it's doing number
crunching or data processing? Think about loading a large .xml file and
trying to update some UI Components.. it's not an uncommon thing.
Once the interaction times with the user drop to over a second per response,
the application is no longer considered "real-time" and it makes it very
difficult to use. If confronted with that situation and I had the
opportunity, I'd rather just make a desktop application in C# or Java to get
the same functionality but still allow the user the ability to interact.
However, the problem with having a single thread per MovieClip is, well,
imagines hundreds of clips on the stage. It's not very practical having
that many threads in an application. Plus, trying to synch up the
animations/movements of the clips with one another would be a nightmare if
they were updating at different times and you expect them to update at the
same time in synch.
Like I posted on my weblog, something as simple as a separate
data-processing thread would do wonders for Flash in the RIA-space.
-d
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