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Improvements in native code interop in .NET 5.0

September 1, 2020 Sep 1, 2020 09/1/20
Elinor Fung
In this post, we discuss interop improvements in .NET 5.0 and describe some of the work we are considering for the future. We also have a survey on GitHub, where we hope to hear about your experiences in the interop space.

App Trimming in .NET 5

August 31, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 08/31/20
Sam Spencer
Trimming is an option as part of publishing self contained apps in .NET Core. This post goes into more detail about the trimming options in .NET 5 including type and member level trimming.

Introducing the Half type!

August 31, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 08/31/20
Prashanth Govindarajan
The specification defines many floating point types, including: , , and . Most developers are familiar with (equivalent to in C#) and (equivalent to in C#). They provide a standard format to represent a wide range of values with a precision acceptable for many applications. .NET has always had and and with .NET 5 Preview 7, we've added...

F# 5 update for August

August 27, 2020 Aug 27, 2020 08/27/20
Phillip Carter
We’re excited to announce more updates to F# 5 which will go alongside .NET 5 preview 8! We've shipped various updates since the beginning of this year: Today, we're pleased to announce the completion of the F# 5 feature work. There is one minor enhancement planned for the .NET 5 RC, but other than that we are finished with F# 5! ...