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The Flix Programming Language. A next-generation effect-oriented programming language.

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1/x We are pleased to announce the release of Flix 0.79.0! This is another major release, bringing long-awaited support for automatic code formatting and an updated look to API documentation.
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3/x In addition, as shown above and below, this release brings a refreshed look to the API documentation pages, including support for themes!
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4/x As usual, the full changelog is available on GitHub: github.com/flix/flix/release…

Release Version 0.79.0 · flix/flix

Compiler: Added a new pretty printer based on Wadler-Lindig (thanks gwydd!) Compiler: Added support for themes to the generated API documentation (thanks Magnus!) Compiler: Reworked handling of com...

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1/5 We are pleased to announce the release of Flix 0.78.0! This is a major release that introduces a brand-new package manager, fully integrated into the Flix language.
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4/5 Packages integrate seamlessly into the root namespace through a simple mounting mechanism. For example, mounting a package under museum makes its members accessible as museum::Museum.
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5/5 The docs are available on doc.flix.dev/build-and-packa… and the change log is available at github.com/flix/flix/release…
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1/4 We’re pleased to announce the release of Flix 0.77.0! This major release introduces polymorphic effects, allowing you to define effects such as `Abort[t]` and `Yield[t]`.
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3/4 Polymorphic effects are still experimental, but we expect them to become stable over the next couple of months.
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4/4 As usual, the full changelog is available on GitHub: github.com/flix/flix/release…

Release Version 0.77.0 · flix/flix

Language: Added experimental support for polymorphic effects (thanks Magnus!) Compiler: Improved HTML documentation generation (thanks Magnus!)

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1/3 We are pleased to announce the release of Flix 0.76.0! This major release brings a refactored frontend and backend, paving the way for building the Flix compiler with @graalvm.
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2/3 This feature is still experimental, and we’re not yet shipping native images. However, adventurous users can now build their own native image of the Flix compiler.
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3/3 As usual, the full changelog is available on GitHub: github.com/flix/flix/release…

Release Version 0.76.0 · flix/flix

Compiler: Added support for building the compiler as a Graal native image (thanks Magnus!) Compiler: Reimplemented bytecode generation to use nominal class descriptors (thanks Magnus!) Compiler: Re...

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1/3 We compiled the Flix compiler with @graalvm Throughput, for the frontend, went from 133,287 lines/sec to 249,428 lines/sec (!) with peak throughput reaching 296,635 lines/sec. Startup also went from 3s to 0.5s.
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2/3 Unfortunately several components in the compiler, especially in the backend, are not compatible with Graal. But given the success of the experiment, we've created a plan to gradually replace those components.
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3/3 Hence, at some point in the future, we hope to also ship a natively compiled Flix compiler!
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