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"Standard [ML]". A really neat "mostly functional" programming language. |
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The language and standard library of SML are formally defined in the book [Definition of Standard ML| http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=3874]. This is unusually thorough. (There is a copy at the WaikatoUniversity library.) The [SML Basis Library | http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/what/smlnj/doc/basis/pages/sml-std-basis.html] (part of the standard) is said to be very well designed. |
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[Why ''you'' want to program in ML | http://www.hprog.org/fhp/MlLanguage] - ML advocacy and information. |
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http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rwh/smlbook/ - Introductory text book. |
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http://www.standardml.org/ |
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[Standard ML of New Jersey | http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/what/smlnj/] is one of the most widely used SML compilers. It generates fast, stable native binaries and runs on a number of platforms. SML/NJ is also nice in terms of giving helpful error information at compile time and being widely used. It has a nice interactive environment which allows you to easily tinker with things quickly (or use it as a desktop calculator if you are so inclined). |
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[MLton | http://www.mlton.org/ ] The best optimizing compiler for SML. It generates binaries which often run faster than those which gcc(1) produces for C++. It isn't as helpful as SML/NJ if you are new to SML, as its error messages are often slightly cryptic. The easy solution is to use SML/NJ whilst developing your program and then compiling any "release" version with MLTon. |
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[Moscow SML | http://www.dina.dk/~sestoft/mosml.html ] is a smaller, ByteCode interpreted SML implementation. |
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[MLKit | http://www.itu.dk/research/mlkit/ ] Another implementation - It's probably best to just stick with MLTon or SML/NJ unless you're interested in the "memory regions" aspect of the MLKit implementation. |
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