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-__ML__ is a family of StaticallyTyped [FunctionalLanguage]
s with StrictEvaluation, PolymorphicTypes, HigherOrderFunctions, a higher-order module system.
ML can be used interactively for learning, experimentation and testing, or it can be compiled. The two major dialects of ML are [Ocaml
] and [SML]. SML is a standardised language with several implementations. Ocaml
has a single open source
implementation, it extends ML with an [OOP] system. Both major dialects have compilers that produce native code that rival the speed of C++, and extensive standard and third-party libraries.
+__ML__ is a family of StaticallyTyped functional ProgrammingLanguage~
s with StrictEvaluation, PolymorphicTypes, HigherOrderFunctions, a higher-order module system. [
ML]
can be used interactively for learning, experimentation and testing, or it can be compiled. The two major dialects of [
ML]
are [OCaml
] and [SML]. [
SML]
is a standardised language with several implementations. [OCaml]
has a single OpenSource
implementation, it extends [
ML]
with an [OOP] system. Both major dialects have compilers that produce native code that rival the speed of [
C++]
, and extensive standard and third-party libraries.
-[Why YOU want to program in ML | http://www.schizomaniac.net/ml.html] gives you a tour of the features of ML that make it a good general-purpose programming language. It talks about [SML], but what it says applies to [Ocaml
] as well.
+[Why YOU want to program in ML | http://www.schizomaniac.net/ml.html] gives you a tour of the features of [
ML]
that make it a good general-purpose programming language. It talks about [SML], but what it says applies to [OCaml
] as well.
-!!!An example of ML code:
+!!!An example of [
ML]
code:
-
__fun__ interpret_functionally (program : opcode list) : unit =
-
(* Interprets a parsed [Brainf*ck] program using integers
-
on a strip of TuringMachine tape as the memory. *)
-
__let__
-
__val__ fresh_tape = Tape.make()
-
__fun__ step (tape, op) =
-
__let__ byte = Tape.read(tape) __in__
-
__case__ op __of__
-
Inc_ptr n => times(n, Tape.forward, tape)
-
| Dec_ptr n => times(n, Tape.back, tape)
-
| Inc_byte n => Tape.write(byte + n, tape)
-
| Dec_byte n => Tape.write(byte - n, tape)
-
| Putchar => ( putchar(byte) ; tape )
-
| Getchar => Tape.write(getchar(), tape)
-
| Loop body =>
-
__if__ byte = 0 __then__ tape
-
__else__ step (step_sequence (tape, body), op)
-
__end__
-
__fun__ step_sequence (tape, oplist) =
-
List.foldl(step, tape, oplist)
-
__in__
-
ignore (step_sequence(fresh_tape, program))
-
__end__
+<pre>
+
__fun__ interpret_functionally (program : opcode list) : unit =
+
(* Interprets a parsed [Brainf*ck] program using integers
+
on a strip of TuringMachine tape as the memory. *)
+
__let__
+
__val__ fresh_tape = Tape.make()
+
__fun__ step (tape, op) =
+
__let__ byte = Tape.read(tape) __in__
+
__case__ op __of__
+
Inc_ptr n => times(n, Tape.forward, tape)
+
| Dec_ptr n => times(n, Tape.back, tape)
+
| Inc_byte n => Tape.write(byte + n, tape)
+
| Dec_byte n => Tape.write(byte - n, tape)
+
| Putchar => ( putchar(byte) ; tape )
+
| Getchar => Tape.write(getchar(), tape)
+
| Loop body =>
+
__if__ byte = 0 __then__ tape
+
__else__ step (step_sequence (tape, body), op)
+
__end__
+
__fun__ step_sequence (tape, oplist) =
+
List.foldl(step, tape, oplist)
+
__in__
+
ignore (step_sequence(fresh_tape, program))
+
__end__
+</pre>
-(This is in SML.)
+(This is in [
SML]
.)
+
+----
+CategoryProgrammingLanguages, CategoryFunctionalProgrammingLanguages
