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I prefer AS3 above AS2 any day. There are a number of reasons for it, but most notably these:
- I've lost all skill I had in programming AS2, so it's not really an option for me anymore, I could hardly program AS2 even if I wanted to.
- AS3 outperforms AS2 on every field, it's a lot faster, and costs less memory I believe. (comparing the same stuff from AS2 to AS3 ofcourse)
- AS3 isn't that new anymore, it's out for about 6 years now, but AS2 is ancient compared to AS2. Updates are still being made for AS3, but AS2 isn't updated anymore.

I once started with AS2 back in my first year of my current education. I could do a thing or two, but soon realized AS3 was the way to go (plus, it was pretty new, so 'cool'!)
The real programming part wasn't too hard, after all it's just functions being named differently. What I had the most trouble with were two things; document classes were something I'd never seen before, and I had to wrap my head around the display list and how it was used. Once I understood those two things, everything went pretty easy from there on!

I hope this helps you

Cheers!

After a bit of browsing I came across this guide talking about the difference between AS2 and AS3. Thought I would share it with anyone undertaking the same transitions.

I like AS2 more then AS3 but think 3 is better :P