Is Flash considered a programming language?

[Stratus]

I have to write an abstract for a project done in Flash, however I did not work on any of the programming and have never worked with Flash before. I have to explain what Flash is, and I don't want to write something that is wrong. Any info about what Flash actually is would be appreciated.

 

[notfred]

No, but actionscript is.

 

[RichieZ]

Don't really kno, but I thought flash is just vector based graphics, actionscripts I think are the scripts that do all the cool stuff with flash.

 

[LOLyourFace]

sigh. i wish i mastered actionscript.. i'd have me a totally slick website... mm..

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: notfred
No, but actionscript is.

 

[Stratus]

Ok, what is Flash then? Just a graphical interface?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Stratus
Ok, what is Flash then? Just a graphical interface?

It's a program for drawing vector based animations.

 

[GermyBoy]

No. It's considered a waste of time.

 

[cmv]

Actually, opposing all the posts so far, some people do see Flash as a language. Most people only interact with it using a GUI but there is more to it than that... I'm trying to remember where but somewhere I saw a benchmark comparing JavaScript, PHP, Java, and Flash for iteration and other simple operations. Flash couldn't do a number of things but I was surprised by what it could do.

 

[yoda291]

it's the tool that causes VBboy enough grief to code a counter to it.

 

[atom]

Originally posted by: cmv
Actually, opposing all the posts so far, some people do see Flash as a language. Most people only interact with it using a GUI but there is more to it than that... I'm trying to remember where but somewhere I saw a benchmark comparing JavaScript, PHP, Java, and Flash for iteration and other simple operations. Flash couldn't do a number of things but I was surprised by what it could do.

Like people said before, that would be Action Script, not flash itself.