What advantages does ActionScript 3 have over ActionScript 2?
Can someone explain the advantages of AS3 over AS2?
Solution
Better faster harder stronger longer!
Better - subjective, but most who use it would agree, that AS3 is far superior to AS2 in many ways. E.g. Syntax, less quirks, standards, etc.
Faster - runs much faster than is predecessor.
Harder - It's true that AS3 is harder to pickup for beginners, but the language makes a lot for sense for people from a computer science/"real" programming background. This means AS3 has got a lot more respect from the programming community, so more programming orientated developments are happening.
Stronger - More robust, and better intrinsic libraries.
Longer - Has a longer shelf life. Does take longer to code some things than AS2 but the benefits and productivity you gain from being forced to write "proper" code, far outweighs the initial time cost.