[MLton] Re: Bug#220046: mlton: Build-Depends on itself
Stephen Weeks
MLton@mlton.org
Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:01:35 -0800
> How does Debian solve the gcc/binutils self-dependency?
gcc is a "build-essential" (i.e. magic) package that is assumed to
always exist.
> > All SML compilers that I know of are written in SML. So, in order to
> > get into that world, some SML compiler must break the cycle. I think
> > MLton is as good a choice as any.
>
> Of course, SML/NJ will (rightly) claim that you can't use MLton to compile
> SML/NJ (because they use non-SML extensions).
True enough.