We migrated the core runtime of Forge 4D from C# to C++.
The previous implementation had grown to about 41k lines of C#.
The current runtime is roughly 19k lines of C++ and runs about 7× faster in early tests.
Forge is a small native runtime built around two simple concepts:
• SML (Simple Markup Language) for application structure
• SMS (Simple Multiplatform Script) for application logic
The idea is to keep the runtime small and move most behavior into structured scripts instead of building on top of large browser-based stacks.
I miss what attempts were made to improve the code using modern C#, spans, ref structs, scoped, stackalloc, fixed arrays, and Native AOT, before going into full rewrite.
We migrated the core runtime of Forge 4D from C# to C++.
The previous implementation had grown to about 41k lines of C#. The current runtime is roughly 19k lines of C++ and runs about 7× faster in early tests.
Forge is a small native runtime built around two simple concepts: • SML (Simple Markup Language) for application structure • SMS (Simple Multiplatform Script) for application logic
The idea is to keep the runtime small and move most behavior into structured scripts instead of building on top of large browser-based stacks.
Example: Window { Button { id: runButton text: "Run" } }
on runButton.clicked { lo.success("Run button pressed") }
More details about the migration:
https://codeberg.org/CrowdWare/Forge4D/src/branch/main/news/...
Happy to hear feedback.
I miss what attempts were made to improve the code using modern C#, spans, ref structs, scoped, stackalloc, fixed arrays, and Native AOT, before going into full rewrite.