Tamarin, ActionScript And ECMAScript: Where To Now?

I’ve tried not to get too riled up over the demise of the ECMAScript 4 draft spec and the political accusations that have been chucked back and forth. You know, the whole MS, Yahoo, Apple vs Adobe, Mozilla, Google soap opera. Anyway, I’ve read quite a bit of the inflammatory stuff over the last couple of weeks, but was disappointed to not find a clear understanding of the future of Tamarin, ActionScript and the relationship between Adobe and Mozilla. Specifically I was looking for additional commentary from Brendan Eich and the Adobe folks working on Tamarin. After some digging I finally found the go to article and am including some of the relevant comments that help clear things up a bit.

Brendan Eich downplays the impact on JavaScript’s evolution:

Adobe’s Dan Smith on Tamarin, Mozilla and ActionScript:

More from Brendan Eich: