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ActionScript

Summary

ActionScript is a functional programming language[1]. ActionScript draws 498 Wikipedia views per month (functional_programming_language category, ranking #5 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • ActionScript was influenced by Q2005[3].
  • ActionScript was influenced by ECMAScript[4].
  • ActionScript was influenced by Java[5].
  • ActionScript's instance of is recorded as functional programming language[6].
  • ActionScript's instance of is recorded as multi-paradigm programming language[7].
  • ActionScript's instance of is recorded as programming language[8].
  • ActionScript's developer is recorded as Macromedia[9].
  • ActionScript's designed by is recorded as Gary Grossman[10].
  • ActionScript's software version identifier is recorded as 3.0[11].
  • 1998 marks the founding of ActionScript[12].
  • ActionScript's topic's main category is recorded as Category:ActionScript[13].
  • ActionScript's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/actionscript-3[14].
  • ActionScript's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/actionscript[15].
  • ActionScript's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10011449[16].
  • ActionScript's programming paradigm is recorded as functional programming[17].
  • ActionScript's programming paradigm is recorded as object-oriented programming[18].
  • ActionScript's programming paradigm is recorded as prototype-based programming[19].
  • ActionScript's programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming[20].
  • ActionScript's typing discipline is recorded as strong typing[21].
  • ActionScript's typing discipline is recorded as static typing[22].
  • ActionScript's dialect of computer language is recorded as ECMAScript[23].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include functional programming language[6], multi-paradigm programming language[7], and programming language[8].

History and Context

1998 marks the founding of ActionScript[12].

Why It Matters

ActionScript draws 498 Wikipedia views per month (functional_programming_language category, ranking #5 of 14).[2] ActionScript has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] ActionScript is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

ActionScript has been cited as an influence by Haxe[26], a programming language[27], founded in 2005[28].

FAQs

Who did ActionScript influence?

ActionScript has been cited as an influence by Haxe[26].

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  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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