[MLton-user] MLton installation on Mac OS X

[Henry Cejtin]

No, that is not too surprising.  Don't forget, MLton is a whole program
compiler, so it has to compile (at least parse and type) the entire basis
library along with your small bit of code.  Also the PPC version uses a C
back end, which means the C compiler has to compile the generated code.

On my machine, a 1.8 gig Opteron, it takes 2.7 seconds, but I get to use the
native backend.

Still, it isn't indicative of compile times for larger programs.