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MLton

MLton
Influenced by
Paradigm	Multi-paradigm: functional, imperative
First appeared	1997; 27 years ago (1997)^[1]
Typing discipline	strong, static, inferred
License	Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer^[2]
Filename extensions	.sml
Website	mlton.org
Standard ML

MLton is an open-source whole-program optimizing compiler for Standard ML.^[1] MLton development began in 1997,^[1] and continues^[3] with a worldwide community of developers and users, who have helped to port MLton to a number of platforms. MLton was a participating organization in the 2013 Google Summer of Code.

MLton aims to produce fast executables, and to encourage rapid prototyping and modular programming by eliminating inefficiencies often associated with high-level features.^[1] It also aims to facilitate large-scale programming through the MLBasis system,^[4] simplifying modularity and management of namespaces. As a whole-program compiler, it is notable for lacking an interactive top-level, common amongst Standard ML environments.^[5]

MLton includes several libraries in addition to the basis including ML Language Processing Tools with an implementation of ANTLR, and MLRISC with code generators for reduced instruction set CPUs. It also implements features that aid in porting code from SML/NJ, one of the more popular SML implementations,^{[citation needed]} including support for SML/NJ's compilation manager.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stephen Weeks (September 16, 2006). "Whole-Program Compilation in MLton" (PDF). ML Workshop 2006, invited lecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
^ "License". mlton.org. Retrieved 2021-11-30.
^ https://github.com/MLton/mlton
^ http://mlton.org/MLBasis
^ http://mlton.org/Drawbacks

External links

Official website

ML programming

Software

Implementations, dialects	Alice° Caml OCaml° Eff F° F#° JoCaml° Reason° Concurrent ML Dependent ML* ATS° Futhark° Lazy ML MacroML ML Standard ML Extended ML MLton° Standard ML of New Jersey° (SML/NJ) Ur°
Programming tools	Alt-Ergo° Astrée Camlp4° FFTW° Frama-C° Haxe° Marionnet° MTASC° Poplog° Semgrep° SLAM project
Theorem provers, proof assistants	Coq° HOL° HOL Light° Isabelle° LEGO Logic for Computable Functions Matita° Twelf°

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Community

Designers	Lennart Augustsson (Lazy ML) Damien Doligez (OCaml) Gérard Huet (Caml) Xavier Leroy (Caml, OCaml) Robin Milner (ML) Don Sannella (Extended ML) Don Syme (F#)