To use Forml and other natively compiled binaries in a Scala context, we wanted a simple way to deliver those binaries to developer, continuous integration, and user platforms without complicating those, or even requiring the developer or user to be aware that these binaries were present.

Moreover, we want to combine the "do nothing and it just works" behavior with trivial drop-in replacement with locally installed binaries, so that e.g. you can run your own version of forml if you want.