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Everyone can contribute to Falcon's development by using it to compile their Flex applications and reporting any bugs you find in Jira. Reducing a bug to a simple test case will make it infinitely more likely to be fixed.

Initial The following initial development efforts are planned:

• Run the source code for all Apache Flex SWCs through Falcon to see if it reports spurious problems are reported.
• Update the source code as necessary, given the fact that Falcon is somewhat stricter than the legacy compiler, so we will need to update the source code in a few places for Falcon. It should be possible to make both compilers happy.
• Get various test apps besides Checkinapp compiling, linking against Falcon-compiled SWCs, and running correctly.
• Get Mustella tests compiling with Falcon and passing.
• Fix bugs that the Apache Flex community prioritizes.

Falcon's Original Goals

• Reduced compilation time for both full and incremental compiles, especially for multi-project workspaces.
• Reduced memory consumption, especially for multi-project workspaces.
• Usefulness as a code-intelligence engine and incremental compiler for an integrated development environment; not just a command-line compiler.
• Modular design that is easy to understand and to evolve.
• Generation of beter bytecode for better runtime performance.

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