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The Return of GPLFlash

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the guess-who's-back-back-again dept.

ValourX writes "Remember GPLFlash, the free software project that was supposed to replace the proprietary Macromedia Flash plugin? Well it's back in active development according to this NewsForge article. GPLFlash is half of the proprietary duo that the Free Software Foundation is rallying to replace with free equivalents. The alpha release isn't far away, but the development team could use some programming help, if you're available."

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  1. Re:Gentlemen by marco13185 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Do you understand that C is one of the most effective languages in use today? This is why most of the linux infrastructure is written in C.

    Java is horrible. Java uses a virtual machine that runs at the speed of my old Pentium 2.

    Flash isn't even a programming language. ActionScript can't do anything compared to C.

    Another thing, Java and Flash are interpreted languages. C, on the other hand is compiled. Compiled programs are infinitely faster than interpreted programs.