previous message on MLton installation.

[Stephen Weeks]

> Ah -- I just looked at in the /doc directory.
> I notice that the currrent version is only supported on x86 Linux.
> That would explain the compiler switches.
> 
> I had a previous version of the standalone defunctorizer running on a DEC
> aplha a while back and wanted to update to my current system.  If I end up
> getting the build procedure to work I will send the revisions along, else I
> won't bother you further since I am doing something unsupported.

It should be easy to build the NJ compiled version of MLton and use it
as a standalone defunctorizer on any OS supported by NJ.  Just do
"make nj-mlton" from within the src directory.  This assumes the
existence of the "sml" command on your system (see the Makefile).  Let
us know how it goes.