[MLton] mlb files
Stephen Weeks
MLton@mlton.org
Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:25:08 -0700
I was looking through the mlb files that we now use to build the MLton
tools and libraries and I have to say that the mlb stuff is looking
really good. Having a real language for describing programming in the
very large is a huge win. And having a real language is also a huge
improvement over CM, as our few examples already show.
Thanks Matthew!
I think the main thing that we lack now is a story for library
versioning, so that we can support multiple versions of libraries and
so that users aren't forced to upgrade when we put out a new
version. And so users can selectively upgrade only certain libraries
or even use multiple versions of a library in the same program. It
seems like mlbs have the power to do all this (which would be really
cool!) -- we just need some infrastructure and conventions. Not that
I want to solve this problem for this release, but definitely for the
next one.