VSLab: MATLAB-like visualizations for F# and Visual Studio

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20 pointsprofquail2 comments

> Moreover, since F# is a compiled language, the final code can be compiled as a standalone application.

Matlab allows that too: http://www.mathworks.com/products/compiler/

Actually, This says nothing.

You can bundle a runtime and a bunch of source (or intermediate code) into a single executable and call it a standalone application.

I had a BASIC compiler for my Apple II that parsed the in-memory source, turned it into sequences of calls to the BASIC in ROM plus a small bunch of "bridge" code and saved the resulting blob as a binary file that could be called from the BASIC prompt. It made my programs up to 5 times faster.

If you really want a standalone app, you have to look into stuff that runs without an OS.

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