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

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flix@flixlang
Jun 10
1/2 We are pleased to announce the release of Flix 0.73.0. This is minor release bringing a new Util.Json module, performance improvements, and several fixes.
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flix@flixlang
Jun 10
2/2 As usual, the full change log is available on GitHub: github.com/flix/flix/release…

Release Version 0.73.0 · flix/flix

Library: Added Util.Json module (thanks Magnus!) Compiler: Improved performance of CodeGen (thanks Magnus!)

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1/2 The next version of Flix will feature significantly improved effect error messages:
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flix@flixlang
Apr 24
We have moved to Zulip, come talk to us 👇
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Flix Programming Language

Flix is a principled functional, imperative, and logic programming language developed at Aarhus University, at the University of Waterloo, and by a community of open source contributors. | Official...

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1/2 We are pleased to announce the release of Flix 0.71.0! This is a major release which brings significantly improved Java interoperability, improved pattern match compilation, and other bytecode optimizations.
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2/2 As usual, the full changelog is available on GitHub: github.com/flix/flix/release…

Release Version 0.71.0 · flix/flix

Compiler: Significantly improved Java interoperability for generic/polymorphic types (thanks Magnus!) Compiler: Improved pattern match compilation with ordinal dispatch and tableswitch (thanks Magn...

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1/2 There was a lot of interest in our improved Java interoperability, so here are two more examples: Example (A) Flix functions automatically implement appropriate Java functional interfaces, so can be passed as Java SAMs: Here a Flix function is passed to Stream's map:
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2/2 Example (B): Flix does not have classes, but we can always implement/extend any Java interface/class using a new object expression, even generic classes. Here we implement Comparator for String:
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1/2 We have significantly improved Java interoperability which makes using Java from within Flix near seamless:
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2/2 That said, we recommended that Flix programs are written using algebraic effects and handlers, and that Java interoperability is only used to implement effect handlers. Here is a simple example of this idea:
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After much soul searching and internal deliberations, we have decided to update the Flix syntax to give it a more timeless aesthetic. Here is the new Flix!:
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The new syntax is already available today!
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flix@flixlang
Mar 28
1/4 We are pleased to announce the release of Flix 0.70.0! This is a major release which introduces a rich set of standard library effects, handlers, and middleware.
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flix@flixlang
Mar 28
3/4 Fs middleware in action:
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flix@flixlang
Mar 28
4/4 As usual, the full changelog is available on GitHub: github.com/flix/flix/release…

Release Version 0.70.0 · flix/flix

Library: Introduced new Fs file system effects (thanks Magnus!) Library: Introduced new Http and Https effects (thanks Magnus!) Library: Various extensions to the standard library (thanks Magnus!) ...

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flix@flixlang
Mar 24
1/2 New filesystem effects and middleware coming in the next version:
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flix@flixlang
Mar 24
2/2 Here withConflictCheck detects whether files are modified between reads and writes, withBackup maintains a .bak file, and `withAtomicWrite` writes to temp file and then moves into place.
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