new SML/NJ
Stephen Weeks
MLton@sourcelight.com
Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:17:32 -0700
> Just curious as to the motivation behind going to a new SML/NJ. Mind you, I
> think that this would probably be a good idea just because bug fixes are
> probably making some progress.
That was about it. We're closing in on being three years out of date.
> Also, I see from Reppy's mail that Moby is now using MLRisc. Perhaps we
> should see if it is no usable, or at least get a feeling for how good the
> code it is generating is.
I believe I've said something like this before, but I will say it again.
Without looking, we can be sure of two things. It is buggy. It is not written
in SML. I don't think it's worth looking into. There are *many* things that we
can do that will make MLton better before that.