Re: sml for newbies

Johan Grönqvist <johan.gronqvist@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I think sml/nj is good. It seems to me to be the most actively used
> interpreter of sml. An intepreter is probably better for learning than a
> compiler.

Quibble: SML/NJ is *not* an interpreter! It is a compiler that comes
with an interactive toplevel loop (sometimes known as "REPL"), which
may give the /impression/ that what you have is an interpreter. Under
the hood, though, everything you type at the prompt is first compiled
to machine code and the generated machine code is then executed.

SML/NJ also provides support for non-interactive "large-scale"
programming via its compilation manager CM. (You can interactively
explore CM-managed code by running CM from the REPL.)

Cheers,
Matthias

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