In F# 5, we'll have `#r "nuget:...". However, there are some first-party frameworks where this won't work:

• ASP.NET Core
• Windows Desktop

ASP.NET Core 2.x used is just a few NuGet packages, so it's possible to write an F# script that uses that to do some webby stuff. But if you want you use the latest ASP.NET Core, you need to magically know the closure of every assembly in the ASP.NET Core framework reference, reference those, and then use it. Horrible experience.

Also, the old school F# scripts that used to launch WinForms currently can't do this with .NET Core (on Windows). This is because WinForms and WPF both use the Windows Desktop framework reference, and an additional MSBuild property to tell the build system which additional references to pull in (UseWinForms and UseWPF). Both can be specified at the same time. We may want to have a think about what it would mean to support these.

tagging his majest, @KevinRansom