At the time, Flash was a newborn as an application programming tool and DVD authoring software was too heavy and rigid to be useful.

还是那个时候，Flash作为一款新生的应用程序编程工具和DVD认证软件用起来太繁杂和刻板了。

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Apple's revised policy will now allow apps to be written using a Flash-based tool, and also removes restrictions on what other programming languages developers may use.

经过修正的政策允许用基于Flash的开发工具编写应用程序，苹果也解除了对开发者选择其他程序语言来开发应用的限制。

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ActionScript 2.0 was introduced in Flash 7, which was strongly typed and allowed class-based programming features, such as inheritance, interfaces, and strict data typing.

在Flash 7中引入了ActionScript 2.0，这是一种强类型的语言，支持基于类的编程特性，比如继承、接口和严格的数据类型。

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Mr. Subramanian added that it could particularly energize the mobile advertising market because ad developers are most familiar with Adobe's Flash programming software.

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Apple's revised policy will now allow apps to be written using a Flash-based tool, and also removes restrictions on what other programming languages developers may use.

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Betting that Flash was a declining technology, Apple chose instead to support HTML5, the next version of the standard programming language for describing the content and appearance of web pages.

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