MLton
Encyclopedia
MLton is an open source
, whole-program optimizing compiler for the Standard ML
programming language
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MLton aims to produce fast executables, and to encourage rapid prototyping and modular programming by eliminating performance penalties often associated with the use of high-level language features.
MLton development began in 1997, and continues to this day with a growing worldwide community of developers and users, who have helped to port MLton to a number of platforms.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
, whole-program optimizing compiler for the Standard ML
Standard ML
Standard ML is a general-purpose, modular, functional programming language with compile-time type checking and type inference. It is popular among compiler writers and programming language researchers, as well as in the development of theorem provers.SML is a modern descendant of the ML...
programming language
Programming language
A programming language is an artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs that control the behavior of a machine and/or to express algorithms precisely....
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MLton aims to produce fast executables, and to encourage rapid prototyping and modular programming by eliminating performance penalties often associated with the use of high-level language features.
MLton development began in 1997, and continues to this day with a growing worldwide community of developers and users, who have helped to port MLton to a number of platforms.