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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
The Flash port is the lazy way out. In my industry we deal with ported product on a daily basis.
While porting has it's place and many times creates no issues the fact is there is no substitute for platform specific code.
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First of all, the porting from AS3 is not a lazy way out. How can you say that? You would prefer to use Objective C ? That language is archaic at best.
Having already tested the porting feature in Flash CS5 I'll tell you that the problem isn't with the porting and producing a quality app. The problem is with the ridiculous hoops you have to jump through just to test an iPhone app on YOUR OWN DEVICE. It literally took me 3 weeks to get what I needed just to get started.
I do agree that platform specific code the PUREST form. But that means nothing to me.
Hop on the app store and you will quickly see a lot of *****ty apps written with *****ty code in Objective C.
The language DOES NOT MATTER. The programmer's skills matter. The user interface matters.