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authorJoseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org>2002-05-30 10:47:57 +0000
committerJoseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org>2002-05-30 10:47:57 +0000
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-This is Moscow ML, a version of Standard ML:
+This is Moscow ML, a lightweight implementation of Standard ML:
-The current version 1.43 of Moscow ML
- * implements the Core language of Standard ML, as revised 1996
- * implements large parts of the new SML Basis Library
- * implements separate compilation and a limited version of the
- Standard ML Modules language, with signatures and structures
- but no functors
+The current version 2.00 of Moscow ML
+ * Implements Standard ML, as revised 1997 (value polymorphism,
+ default overloading resolution, new types)
+ * Implements most of the new Standard ML Basis Library, including
+ the most common input/output facilities in TextIO and BinIO.
+ * implements separate compilation
* can produce compact stand-alone executables (a la Caml Light)
* supports quotations and antiquotations, useful for metaprogramming
- * includes several new libraries and a new type `char'
+ * includes several new libraries
WWW: http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~sestoft/mosml.html
-This is a good version of the ml language if you have limited space.
-If you have sufficient disk space to hold it all, the new smlnj port
-is much more complete and is a better choice.
+This is a good version of the SML language if you have limited space.
+If you have sufficient disk space to hold it all, the sml-nj port
+- which generates native code - might be for you.