Lingo is the scripting language used by Macromedia Director. ActionScript is the language used by Flash. Starting with Flash 5, they changed the syntax over so it is basically 90% JavaScript with a much cooler object model. (i.e. you can control opacity and rotation, try that in DHTML).
ActionScript is still less powerful than Lingo though, although I prefer the AS syntax since it is basically JavaScript with a couple of missing features.
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Lingo is the scripting language used by Macromedia Director. ActionScript is the language used by Flash. Starting with Flash 5, they changed the syntax over so it is basically 90% JavaScript with a much cooler object model. (i.e. you can control opacity and rotation, try that in DHTML). ActionScript is still less powerful than Lingo though, although I prefer the AS syntax since it is basically JavaScript with a couple of missing features.