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← Back to all tagsThe challenge of binding F# to C++ libraries has historically forced developers into compromising positions: accept the limitations of C-style APIs, manually write error-prone binding code, or rely on runtime marshaling that imposes performance penalties. Farscape’s design targets Plugify’s C++ ABI intelligence. This represents a paradigm shift in this space, enabling automatic generation of type-safe F# bindings that compile away to zero-cost abstractions through LLVM’s Link-Time Optimization. This architectural roadmap outlines how Farscape will evolve from its current C-focused binding generation to comprehensive C++ support by leveraging Plugify’s battle-tested understanding of C++ ABIs.
Read MoreWhen we set out to design the Firefly compiler for the Fidelity Framework, one of our core goals was to produce truly minimal native executables. In the world of traditional .NET development, your “Hello World” application carries the weight of the entire runtime and referenced assemblies, resulting in deployments measured in megabytes. For embedded systems, high-frequency trading platforms, or any scenario where every byte matters, this overhead is unacceptable. Our solution involves a revolutionary approach: type-aware tree shaking that operates directly on the F# Compiler Services AST, preserving rich type information to guide precise dead code elimination.
Read MoreThe Firefly compiler represents a fundamental shift in how F# code gets compiled to native executables. Unlike traditional F# compilation that relies on pre-compiled assemblies and the .NET runtime, Firefly compiles F# directly to native code through MLIR and LLVM, creating truly dependency-free executables. This architectural choice creates an interesting challenge: how do we handle library dependencies when we can’t rely on traditional assembly resolution? Beyond Assembly-Based Dependencies Traditional F# development uses a well-established pattern where open statements resolve to compiled assemblies in NuGet packages.
Read MoreThe computing landscape has undergone seismic shifts over the past three decades, yet many of our foundational software platforms remain anchored to paradigms established during a vastly different technological era. Virtual machines and managed runtime environments like Java’s JVM and .NET’s CLR emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s as solutions to very specific problems of that time: platform independence, memory safety, and simplified development in an era of relatively homogeneous computing resources.
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