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official JavaScript support in Arma 3 engine
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Hello.

It's better to official support JavaScript in Arma 3 engine than Java. Because JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, is type safe, and has first-class functions. So it's much friendly to common community programmers which are outnumbers advanced native Java programmers. Also JavaScript is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles, which is powerful enough for difficult programming tasks.
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JavaScript for ARMA addon.
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?156304-JavaScript-for-ARMA&highlight=typeName

Thanks.

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Legacy ID
1415039550
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Have Not Tried
Category
Feature Request

Event Timeline

Grinya edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Jun 25 2013, 1:49 PM
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Grinya set Category to Feature Request.
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Grinya set Resolution to Open.
Grinya set Legacy ID to 1415039550.May 7 2016, 2:53 PM
Grezvany13 added a comment.Jun 25 2013, 2:06 PM

Not sure if Javascript is 'better' than Java, however I do agree that it's an easier and more common programming language.

I'm currently working with the JS addon and it works great, even with the current limitations and missing native support (so can't access core variables).

Native support and/or an improvement in the callExtension interface would be great !

Ed added a subscriber: Ed.May 7 2016, 2:53 PM
Ed added a comment.Jun 27 2013, 5:49 PM

Maybe if they enable javascript support in the dialogs at least.

MadDogX added a subscriber: MadDogX.May 7 2016, 2:53 PM
MadDogX added a comment.Aug 13 2014, 2:18 PM

Mass closing ancient tickets with no activity for > 12 months; assume fixed or too trivial.

If this issue is still relevant in current dev build, please re-post.

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