Is Adobe Alchemy project still alive?

[Psykiller]

As i did not heard anything from many time about Adobe Alchemy. Actually there was some questions in my mind about this project. I would like to ask you guys that is flyield() problem have got solved or not. Can anybody tell me that is this project still alive or not. Exactly what was this project all about?

[ThoMas321]

Alchemy is a research project that allows users to compile C and C++ code that is targeted to run on the open source ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM2). The purpose of this preview is to assess the level of community interest in reusing existing C and C++ libraries in Web applications that run on Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR.

[Macarenas]

To get started with the Adobe Alchemy, You should follow these steps.

1. Get Flash Player 10 or Adobe AIR 1.5 and then download an Alchemy toolkit preview.
2. Follow the Getting Started instructions to know about Alchemy tool chain setup and compiling C/C++ code into a SWC.
3. Then you have to use SWC with simple ActionScript example.

[Glenny]

Adobe Alchemy does not allow developers to change the Functionality of Flash Player as because Alchemy compiles to ActionScript which is run within the Flash Player which means that all security restrictions and sandbox rules apply to that code. And because the optimized ActionScript byte code generated by Alchemy can execute significantly faster for certain computationally intensive use cases. This means that projects that were too CPU intensive for the Flash Player before, may now be feasible.

[Eric B]

It is the best part of an Adobe Alchemy that you do no have to be aware of C or C++ for using SWCs created by Alchemy from C / C++ code. It is just that you should be having a basic understanding of these languages for compiling C/C++ code in SWC. And knowledge of these languages would be an advantage for you to use Adobe Alchemy.