[MLton] MLton on Cygwin

[Matthew Fluet]

>> I've made some progress getting MLton working on Cygwin again. [...]
>
> Is there any prospect of MLton ever working on Windows without Cygwin?

There has been some work by interested parties in getting MLton working 
under MinGW, which I understand leads to a smaller client requirement.

> Or, to really get to the crux of it, would MLton+Cygwin generated
> executables on Windows also require the cygwin DLL when executed
> elsewhere?

Yes, they do need the Cygwin DLL.