Threads in Flash and Flex

Question

Are threads possible in Flash, Actionscript and Flex just like in C# and Java?

Answer 1

I'm working on a project that will use Pixel Bender to do computations on a separate thread. I will hopefully have something to blog soon. In the mean time please go vote for this feature request: https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/ASC-3222

Answer 2

Not at the present. You can use pseudo-threads if you want to. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui/2008/01/threads_in_actionscript_3.html

Answer 3

Alas, there's no multithreading in Actionscript. However, you can fake it with pseudothreads (see link for more details), although this has its own problems.